Faraway Surname

930,678th
Most Common
surname in the World

Approximately 283 people bear this surname

Most prevalent in:
Iran
Highest density in:
Barbados

Faraway Surname

The meaning of this surname is not listed.

Faraway Surname Distribution Map

PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
Iran1151:667,67435,714
England1111:501,96431,980
Israel151:570,50941,023
United States121:30,204,911765,334
Wales41:773,63329,106
China31:455,773,85521,925
Nigeria31:59,047,586507,603
Malaysia21:14,747,112316,340
Barbados21:143,7241,981
Scotland11:5,353,81763,002
Australia11:26,995,701270,794
Canada11:36,845,591464,108
Colombia11:47,774,07244,230
Tunisia11:610,62630,336
Syria11:19,301,02222,457
Spain11:46,752,036156,870
South Africa11:54,177,704343,732
Hong Kong11:7,335,48316,643
Saudi Arabia11:30,855,81763,028
France11:66,422,722504,397
Netherlands11:16,887,176156,465
Mongolia11:2,825,28917,010
Ireland11:4,708,93929,543
Japan11:127,844,29373,547
Greece11:11,079,790145,225
PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
England241:1,015,64040,589
PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
United States201:2,510,934119,518

Faraway (19) may also be a first name.

Faraway Last Name Facts

Where Does The Last Name Faraway Come From? nationality or country of origin

The last name Faraway is most common in Iran. It may be rendered as a variant:. Click here for other potential spellings of this last name.

How Common Is The Last Name Faraway? popularity and diffusion

The last name Faraway is the 930,678th most widespread surname in the world. It is borne by approximately 1 in 25,751,046 people. The surname occurs mostly in Asia, where 49 percent of Faraway reside; 41 percent reside in Northern Europe and 41 percent reside in British Isles. It is also the 2,523,061st most frequently held first name globally. It is borne by 19 people.

It is most widely held in Iran, where it is borne by 115 people, or 1 in 667,674. In Iran it is primarily found in: Khuzestan Province, where 62 percent live, Gilan Province, where 21 percent live and Razavi Khorasan Province, where 6 percent live. Besides Iran Faraway occurs in 24 countries. It also occurs in England, where 39 percent live and Israel, where 5 percent live.

Faraway Family Population Trend historical fluctuation

The frequency of Faraway has changed through the years. In England the number of people carrying the Faraway surname rose 463 percent between 1881 and 2014 and in The United States it declined 40 percent between 1880 and 2014.

Faraway Last Name Statistics demography

Faraway earn less than half the average income. In United States they earn 90.44% less than the national average, earning $4,125 USD per year.

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Footnotes

  • Surnames are taken as the first part of an person's inherited family name, caste, clan name or in some cases patronymic
  • Name distribution statistics are generated from a global database of over 4 billion people - more information
  • Heatmap: Dark red means there is a higher occurrence of the name, transitioning to light yellow signifies a progressively lower occurrence. Clicking on selected countries will show mapping at a regional level
  • Rank: Name are ranked by incidence using the ordinal ranking method; the name that occurs the most is assigned a rank of 1; name that occur less frequently receive an incremented rank; if two or more name occur the same number of times they are assigned the same rank and successive rank is incremented by the total preceeding names
  • Ethnic group cannot necessarily be determined by geographic occurrence
  • Similar: Names listed in the "Similar" section are phonetically similar and may not have any relation to Faraway
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