Farningham Surname

2,352,516th
Most Common
surname in the World

Approximately 66 people bear this surname

Most prevalent in:
Scotland
Highest density in:
Scotland

Farningham Surname

The meaning of this surname is not listed.

Farningham Surname Distribution Map

PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
Scotland321:167,3079,494
United States251:14,498,357517,445
England51:11,143,612252,590
Norway21:2,571,14395,402
Malta11:430,2723,380
Spain11:46,752,036156,870

Farningham Last Name Facts

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

The surname Farningham is held by more people in Scotland than any other country or territory. It may also appear as a variant:. For other potential spellings of this surname click here.

How Common Is The Last Name Farningham? popularity and diffusion

The surname Farningham is the 2,352,516th most common surname on a worldwide basis, borne by around 1 in 110,417,362 people. This last name occurs mostly in Europe, where 62 percent of Farningham reside; 59 percent reside in Northern Europe and 56 percent reside in British Isles.

The surname is most frequently held in Scotland, where it is held by 32 people, or 1 in 167,307. In Scotland Farningham is primarily concentrated in: Dundee City, where 72 percent are found, City of Edinburgh, where 16 percent are found and Angus, where 9 percent are found. Not including Scotland this last name occurs in 5 countries. It is also common in The United States, where 38 percent are found and England, where 8 percent are found.

Farningham Last Name Statistics demography

In The United States those holding the Farningham surname are 46.77% more likely to be registered with the Democratic Party than the national average, with 100% registered with the party.

Farningham earn marginally less than the average income. In United States they earn 4.59% less than the national average, earning $41,169 USD per year.

Phonetically Similar Names

SurnameSimilarityWorldwide IncidencePrevalency
Ferningham901/
Varringham800/
Fothringham7611/
Fouringam7448/
Vairingam744/
Voringam671/
Fourngam671/
Phornngam636/
Pharengam631/
Phosringam603/
Phorngam561/
Phourngam531/

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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 Farningham
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