Farkey Surname
Approximately 34 people bear this surname
Farkey Surname Distribution Map
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| Niger | 32 | 1:599,751 | 14,963 |
| United States | 2 | 1:181,229,466 | 1,556,795 |
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| United States | 9 | 1:5,579,854 | 232,921 |
Farkey Last Name Facts
Where Does The Last Name Farkey Come From? nationality or country of origin
Farkey is most common in Niger. It may occur in the variant forms:. For other possible spellings of this name click here.
How Common Is The Last Name Farkey? popularity and diffusion
The last name is the 3,373,373rd most widely held last name on a worldwide basis, borne by around 1 in 214,339,586 people. This last name is predominantly found in Africa, where 94 percent of Farkey are found; 94 percent are found in West Africa and 94 percent are found in Chadic Africa.
Farkey is most common in Niger, where it is carried by 32 people, or 1 in 599,751. In Niger Farkey is most prevalent in: Tillabéri Region, where 97 percent live. Aside from Niger it is found in one country. It is also found in The United States, where 6 percent live.
Farkey Family Population Trend historical fluctuation
The prevalency of Farkey has changed through the years. In The United States the number of people bearing the Farkey surname contracted 78 percent between 1880 and 2014.
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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 Farkey
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