Fariah Surname
Approximately 620 people bear this surname
Fariah Surname Distribution Map
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| Indonesia | 477 | 1:277,252 | 24,986 |
| Malawi | 105 | 1:163,039 | 16,499 |
| Bangladesh | 9 | 1:17,706,308 | 13,537 |
| Papua New Guinea | 9 | 1:905,969 | 94,851 |
| Brazil | 4 | 1:53,518,583 | 632,670 |
| India | 4 | 1:191,766,346 | 1,073,940 |
| Malaysia | 4 | 1:7,373,556 | 230,001 |
| Pakistan | 2 | 1:89,321,942 | 157,560 |
| United States | 2 | 1:181,229,466 | 1,556,795 |
| England | 1 | 1:55,718,059 | 489,080 |
| Liberia | 1 | 1:4,408,535 | 47,110 |
| Nigeria | 1 | 1:177,142,758 | 748,972 |
| Philippines | 1 | 1:101,238,223 | 404,861 |
Fariah (2,508) may also be a first name.
Fariah Last Name Facts
Where Does The Last Name Fariah Come From? nationality or country of origin
The last name Fariah is more commonly found in Indonesia than any other country/territory. It can be rendered as:. Click here for further potential spellings of Fariah.
How Common Is The Last Name Fariah? popularity and diffusion
Fariah is the 523,789th most commonly used last name throughout the world. It is borne by around 1 in 11,754,106 people. It is mostly found in Asia, where 80 percent of Fariah are found; 78 percent are found in Southeast Asia and 78 percent are found in Malayo-Arabic Southeast Asia. It is also the 147,353rd most widespread first name on earth It is held by 2,508 people.
The surname is most commonly occurring in Indonesia, where it is borne by 477 people, or 1 in 277,252. In Indonesia Fariah is most frequent in: West Java, where 41 percent live, Central Java, where 26 percent live and East Java, where 7 percent live. Other than Indonesia this surname exists in 12 countries. It is also common in Malawi, where 17 percent live and Bangladesh, where 1 percent live.
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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 Fariah
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