Faross Surname
Approximately 31 people bear this surname
Faross Surname Distribution Map
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| Germany | 18 | 1:4,472,526 | 177,866 |
| Belgium | 12 | 1:958,054 | 73,966 |
| United States | 1 | 1:362,458,933 | 1,988,048 |
Faross Last Name Facts
Where Does The Last Name Faross Come From? nationality or country of origin
The surname Faross is more commonly found in Germany than any other country or territory. It may also be found as a variant:. For other possible spellings of Faross click here.
How Common Is The Last Name Faross? popularity and diffusion
The last name is the 3,543,123rd most widely held last name on a worldwide basis It is held by around 1 in 235,082,126 people. This last name is predominantly found in Europe, where 97 percent of Faross live; 97 percent live in Western Europe and 94 percent live in Germanic Europe.
The last name is most frequent in Germany, where it is carried by 18 people, or 1 in 4,472,526. In Germany Faross is mostly concentrated in: Baden-Württemberg, where 39 percent reside, Bavaria, where 28 percent reside and North Rhine-Westphalia, where 17 percent reside. Aside from Germany this surname is found in 2 countries. It is also common in Belgium, where 39 percent reside and The United States, where 3 percent reside.
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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 Faross
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