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 borne by more people in Indonesia than any other country/territory. It can be found in the variant forms:. For other possible spellings of this name click here.
How Common Is The Last Name Fariah? popularity and diffusion
This surname is the 523,789th most commonly used family name worldwide. It is borne by around 1 in 11,754,106 people. The last name occurs predominantly 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 occurring forename on earth, held by 2,508 people.
The last name is most frequent in Indonesia, where it is borne by 477 people, or 1 in 277,252. In Indonesia it is mostly found in: West Java, where 41 percent live, Central Java, where 26 percent live and East Java, where 7 percent live. Aside from Indonesia this last name exists in 12 countries. It also occurs 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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