Farista Surname

485,250th
Most Common
surname in the World

Approximately 685 people bear this surname

Most prevalent in:
Indonesia
Highest density in:
Indonesia

Farista Surname

The meaning of this surname is not listed.

Farista Surname Distribution Map

PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
Indonesia5711:231,61021,447
India601:12,784,423224,716
South Africa191:2,851,458109,033
United States111:32,950,812797,015
Costa Rica81:597,5094,667
Pakistan51:35,728,777102,388
Bangladesh41:39,839,19317,324
Brazil21:107,037,1661,031,150
Thailand21:35,319,172966,191
Malaysia11:29,494,225409,885
Nigeria11:177,142,758748,972
Sri Lanka11:20,808,56018,521

Farista (642) may also be a first name.

Farista Last Name Facts

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

The last name Farista (Bengali: ফরিস্তা, Hindi: फरिस्ता) is more frequently found in Indonesia than any other country or territory. It can appear as:. Click here to see other possible spellings of this surname.

How Common Is The Last Name Farista? popularity and diffusion

The surname Farista is the 485,250th most widespread family name world-wide. It is borne by approximately 1 in 10,638,753 people. It occurs mostly in Asia, where 93 percent of Farista are found; 83 percent are found in Southeast Asia and 82 percent are found in Malayo-Arabic Southeast Asia. It is also the 328,241st most commonly held first name world-wide, held by 642 people.

The surname Farista is most frequent in Indonesia, where it is borne by 571 people, or 1 in 231,610. In Indonesia it is mostly concentrated in: East Java, where 37 percent live, West Java, where 22 percent live and Riau, where 14 percent live. Barring Indonesia Farista occurs in 11 countries. It is also found in India, where 9 percent live and South Africa, where 3 percent live.

Farista Last Name Statistics demography

In The United States those bearing the Farista surname are 13.44% more likely to be registered with the Democratic Party than the national average, with 66.67% registered to vote for the political party.

The amount Farista earn in different countries varies greatly. In South Africa they earn 47.5% less than the national average, earning R 124,764 per year and in United States they earn 24.68% more than the national average, earning $53,797 USD per year.

Phonetically Similar Names

Farista Name Transliterations

TransliterationICU LatinPercentage of Incidence
Farista in the Bengali language
ফরিস্তাpharista-
Farista in the Hindi language
फरिस्ताpharista75
फरीस्ताpharista20
फारिस्ताpharista5

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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
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  • 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 Farista
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