Faraya Surname
Approximately 76 people bear this surname
Faraya Surname Distribution Map
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| Iran | 26 | 1:2,953,174 | 90,148 |
| DR Congo | 21 | 1:3,518,075 | 145,665 |
| Syria | 9 | 1:2,144,558 | 9,551 |
| India | 6 | 1:127,844,230 | 863,365 |
| Venezuela | 4 | 1:7,551,019 | 53,668 |
| Chile | 1 | 1:17,616,474 | 93,597 |
| Egypt | 1 | 1:91,935,754 | 132,737 |
| Indonesia | 1 | 1:132,249,194 | 811,426 |
| Jordan | 1 | 1:8,842,437 | 26,010 |
| Lebanon | 1 | 1:5,637,083 | 32,436 |
| Nigeria | 1 | 1:177,142,758 | 748,972 |
| Pakistan | 1 | 1:178,643,885 | 213,220 |
| Russia | 1 | 1:144,123,056 | 881,408 |
| Rwanda | 1 | 1:11,364,978 | 5,947 |
| Yemen | 1 | 1:26,425,294 | 55,147 |
Faraya (307) may also be a first name.
Faraya Last Name Facts
Where Does The Last Name Faraya Come From? nationality or country of origin
The last name Faraya (Hindi: फारया, Marathi: फरया) occurs most in Iran. It may also appear as:. Click here for further possible spellings of this last name.
How Common Is The Last Name Faraya? popularity and diffusion
It is the 2,168,711th most prevalent surname world-wide, borne by approximately 1 in 95,888,762 people. It occurs predominantly in Asia, where 61 percent of Faraya are found; 43 percent are found in South Asia and 36 percent are found in Islamic South Asia. Faraya is also the 502,288th most commonly occurring first name globally, borne by 307 people.
The surname is most frequent in Iran, where it is borne by 26 people, or 1 in 2,953,174. In Iran Faraya is mostly concentrated in: East Azerbaijan Province, where 62 percent reside, Tehran Province, where 35 percent reside and Alborz Province, where 4 percent reside. Beside Iran this last name exists in 14 countries. It also occurs in The DR Congo, where 28 percent reside and Syria, where 12 percent reside.
Phonetically Similar Names
Faraya Name Transliterations
| Transliteration | ICU Latin | Percentage of Incidence |
|---|---|---|
| Faraya in the Hindi language | ||
| फारया | pharaya | 75 |
| फराया | pharaya | 25 |
| Faraya in the Marathi language | ||
| फरया | pharaya | 60 |
| फारया | pharaya | 20 |
| फ़ोफ़ारया | fofaraya | 20 |
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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
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- 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 Faraya
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