Farawu Surname

1,465,390th
Most Common
surname in the World

Approximately 145 people bear this surname

Most prevalent in:
Zimbabwe
Highest density in:
Zimbabwe

Farawu Surname

The meaning of this surname is not listed.

DNA test information

Farawu Surname Distribution Map

By incidenceBy frequencyBy rank
Incidence (high to low)Incidence (low to high)Alphabetic A-ZAlphabetic Z-ARank (high to low)Rank (low to high)
PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
Zimbabwe1421:108,72015,015
Australia11:26,995,701270,794
Netherlands11:16,887,176156,465
Nigeria11:177,142,758748,972

Farawu Last Name Facts

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

Farawu is found most frequently in Zimbabwe. It can also be found as a variant:. Click here to see other potential spellings of this name.

How Common Is The Last Name Farawu? popularity and diffusion

Farawu is the 1,465,390th most frequently used family name on a global scale, borne by approximately 1 in 50,258,937 people. It occurs mostly in Africa, where 99 percent of Farawu reside; 98 percent reside in Southern Africa and 98 percent reside in South Bantu Africa.

The surname is most common in Zimbabwe, where it is borne by 142 people, or 1 in 108,720. In Zimbabwe Farawu is primarily found in: Mashonaland Central Province, where 32 percent live, Harare Province, where 27 percent live and Manicaland Province, where 23 percent live. Apart from Zimbabwe it is found in 3 countries. It also occurs in Australia, where 1 percent live and The Netherlands, where 1 percent live.

Phonetically Similar Names

Incidence (high to low)Incidence (low to high)Alphabetic A-ZAlphabetic Z-ASimilarity (high to low)Similarity (low to high)Prevalent jurisdiction A-ZPrevalent jurisdiction Z-A
SurnameSimilarityWorldwide IncidencePrevalency
Ferawu834/
Faravu831/
Farabuj771/
Farabou771/
Farahbu771/
Farabauh711/
Faravoush679/
Feravu671/
Varavu671/
Vajravu628/
Ferravu621/
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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 Farawu
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