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 last name Faroya occurs more in Nigeria more than any other country or territory. It can also appear in the variant forms:. For other potential spellings of this name click here.
How Common Is The Last Name Faroya? popularity and diffusion
The surname is the 6,723,624th most widely held family name internationally, held by around 1 in 910,943,240 people. The surname Faroya occurs mostly in Africa, where 63 percent of Faroya live; 63 percent live in West Africa and 63 percent live in Atlantic-Niger Africa. It is also the 2,446,817th most frequently used first name globally, held by 20 people.
The last name Faroya is most common in Nigeria, where it is carried by 5 people, or 1 in 35,428,552. In Nigeria it is most common in: Zamfara, where 100 percent are found. Not including Nigeria Faroya is found in 2 countries. It is also common in Indonesia, where 25 percent are found and Bangladesh, where 13 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 Faroya
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