Faroya Surname
Approximately 8 people bear this surname
Faroya Surname Distribution Map
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| Nigeria | 5 | 1:35,428,552 | 388,973 |
| Indonesia | 2 | 1:66,124,597 | 756,638 |
| Bangladesh | 1 | 1:159,356,773 | 26,077 |
Faroya (20) may also be a first name.
Faroya Last Name Facts
Where Does The Last Name Faroya Come From? nationality or country of origin
The surname Faroya occurs more in Nigeria more than any other country/territory. It can be found in the variant forms:. For other possible spellings of this name click here.
How Common Is The Last Name Faroya? popularity and diffusion
It is the 6,723,624th most frequently used family name in the world, held by around 1 in 910,943,240 people. The surname Faroya occurs mostly in Africa, where 63 percent of Faroya are found; 63 percent are found in West Africa and 63 percent are found in Atlantic-Niger Africa. It is also the 2,446,817th most common first name on earth. It is borne by 20 people.
The last name is most frequently used in Nigeria, where it is borne by 5 people, or 1 in 35,428,552. In Nigeria Faroya is mostly concentrated in: Zamfara, where 100 percent reside. Beside Nigeria Faroya occurs in 2 countries. It is also common in Indonesia, where 25 percent reside and Bangladesh, where 13 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 Faroya
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