Fardosa Surname

309,145th
Most Common
surname in the World

Approximately 1,220 people bear this surname

Most prevalent in:
Kenya
Highest density in:
Kenya

Fardosa Surname

The meaning of this surname is not listed.

Fardosa Surname Distribution Map

PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
Kenya1,2171:37,9464,055
England11:55,718,059489,080
Germany11:80,505,459560,955
United States11:362,458,9331,988,048

Fardosa (16,198) may also be a first name.

Fardosa Last Name Facts

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

The last name Fardosa is found most in Kenya. It can also be found in the variant forms:. Click here for further potential spellings of Fardosa.

How Common Is The Last Name Fardosa? popularity and diffusion

Fardosa is the 309,145th most widely held surname on a global scale. It is borne by approximately 1 in 5,973,398 people. It is mostly found in Africa, where 100 percent of Fardosa live; 100 percent live in East Africa and 87 percent live in Cushitic Africa. It is also the 44,049th most prevalent forename worldwide. It is borne by 16,198 people.

It is most frequently held in Kenya, where it is carried by 1,217 people, or 1 in 37,946. In Kenya Fardosa is most frequent in: Garissa County, where 37 percent are found, Mandera County, where 25 percent are found and Wajir County, where 24 percent are found. Aside from Kenya this last name is found in 3 countries. It also occurs in England, where 0 percent are found and Germany, where 0 percent are found.

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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 Fardosa
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