Farfar Surname

584,278th
Most Common
surname in the World

Approximately 536 people bear this surname

Most prevalent in:
Egypt
Highest density in:
Tunisia

Farfar Surname

The meaning of this surname is not listed.

Farfar Surname Distribution Map

PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
Egypt2141:429,60625,756
Morocco2041:169,00029,345
France291:2,290,439180,028
Turkey151:5,188,095110,069
Indonesia131:10,173,015372,576
Algeria91:4,292,39548,087
United States91:40,273,215872,126
Denmark81:705,58939,626
Tunisia51:122,12516,050
Norway31:1,714,09579,528
Italy31:20,385,563143,117
Colombia31:15,924,69128,711
Iran21:38,391,262236,033
Sweden21:4,923,378241,212
United Arab Emirates11:9,162,273135,437
Venezuela11:30,204,07785,459
Russia11:144,123,056881,408
Qatar11:2,357,99976,403
Puerto Rico11:3,550,1399,109
Mauritania11:4,094,86338,869
Nigeria11:177,142,758748,972
Netherlands11:16,887,176156,465
Mexico11:124,126,205103,776
Lebanon11:5,637,08332,436
Kazakhstan11:17,682,496204,010
Israel11:8,557,634182,558
India11:767,065,3821,851,717
England11:55,718,059489,080
Cameroon11:20,769,068227,406
Belgium11:11,496,644167,539
Argentina11:42,743,414282,706
PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
England31:8,125,123158,686
PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
United States251:2,008,747100,426

Farfar (47) may also be a first name.

Farfar Last Name Facts

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

Farfar (Arabic: فارفار, Hassaniya-Arabic: ﻓﺮﻓﺎﺭ, Russian: Фарфар) is carried by more people in Egypt than any other country or territory. It can occur as a variant:. For other possible spellings of this last name click here.

How Common Is The Last Name Farfar? popularity and diffusion

It is the 584,278th most widespread family name throughout the world, held by approximately 1 in 13,596,168 people. The last name Farfar is predominantly found in Africa, where 81 percent of Farfar reside; 81 percent reside in North Africa and 41 percent reside in Mahgreb. Farfar is also the 1,467,136th most commonly used forename internationally It is held by 47 people.

The last name is most prevalent in Egypt, where it is held by 214 people, or 1 in 429,606. Apart from Egypt Farfar occurs in 30 countries. It is also found in Morocco, where 38 percent live and France, where 5 percent live.

Farfar Family Population Trend historical fluctuation

The prevalency of Farfar has changed through the years. In The United States the number of people bearing the Farfar last name declined 64 percent between 1880 and 2014 and in England it declined 67 percent between 1881 and 2014.

Farfar Last Name Statistics demography

The amount Farfar earn in different countries varies greatly. In Colombia they earn 56.86% more than the national average, earning $35,611,400 COP per year and in United States they earn 49.01% less than the national average, earning $22,000 USD per year.

Phonetically Similar Names

SurnameSimilarityWorldwide IncidencePrevalency
Farfare9262/
Farfart9246/
Farfard924/
Fairfar920/
Forfar83566/
Ferfar83296/
Farfor83175/
Farfarova8062/
Farfour771,572/
Farfort7724/
Farford7710/
Forfare775/
Farfoor772/
Forfair771/
Fairfort7156/
Farfoorh719/
Farvahar719/
Fairford713/
Forfor67119/
Farforova6737/
Fahrforth6719/
Ferfour628/
Vorfahr625/
Forford622/
Forfour621/
Fourfour5710/

Farfar Name Transliterations

TransliterationICU LatinPercentage of Incidence
Farfar in the Hassaniya-Arabic language
ﻓﺮﻓﺎﺭfrfar-
Farfar in the Russian language
Фарфарfarfar-
Farfar in the Arabic language
فارفارfarfar-

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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
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  • Similar: Names listed in the "Similar" section are phonetically similar and may not have any relation to Farfar
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