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
Fariah has its highest incidence in Indonesia. It can also occur as:. Click here for other possible spellings of this surname.
How Common Is The Last Name Fariah? popularity and diffusion
The last name is the 523,789th most widespread family name world-wide, borne by approximately 1 in 11,754,106 people. The last name occurs mostly in Asia, where 80 percent of Fariah live; 78 percent live in Southeast Asia and 78 percent live in Malayo-Arabic Southeast Asia. It is also the 147,353rd most frequently used forename throughout the world, borne by 2,508 people.
This last name is most numerous in Indonesia, where it is borne by 477 people, or 1 in 277,252. In Indonesia it is most prevalent in: West Java, where 41 percent are found, Central Java, where 26 percent are found and East Java, where 7 percent are found. Apart from Indonesia this last name exists in 12 countries. It is also common in Malawi, where 17 percent are found and Bangladesh, where 1 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 Fariah
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