Farouke Surname
Approximately 140 people bear this surname
Farouke Surname Distribution Map
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| Egypt | 122 | 1:753,572 | 38,342 |
| Algeria | 11 | 1:3,511,959 | 46,373 |
| Malaysia | 6 | 1:4,915,704 | 170,578 |
| United States | 1 | 1:362,458,933 | 1,988,048 |
Farouke (17) may also be a first name.
Farouke Last Name Facts
Where Does The Last Name Farouke Come From? nationality or country of origin
Farouke is most common in Egypt. It may also be rendered in the variant forms:. For other possible spellings of this surname click here.
How Common Is The Last Name Farouke? popularity and diffusion
The surname is the 1,497,948th most common surname at a global level, held by approximately 1 in 52,053,899 people. This surname occurs predominantly in Africa, where 95 percent of Farouke reside; 95 percent reside in North Africa and 87 percent reside in Arabic North Africa. Farouke is also the 2,694,839th most commonly held forename in the world, held by 17 people.
It is most frequently held in Egypt, where it is carried by 122 people, or 1 in 753,572. Without taking into account Egypt it occurs in 3 countries. It is also found in Algeria, where 8 percent are found and Malaysia, where 4 percent are found.
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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 Farouke
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