Faroye Surname
Approximately 667 people bear this surname
Faroye Surname Distribution Map
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| Nigeria | 662 | 1:267,587 | 15,282 |
| England | 3 | 1:18,572,686 | 338,250 |
| Ireland | 1 | 1:4,708,939 | 29,543 |
| Kenya | 1 | 1:46,179,900 | 103,372 |
Faroye (15) may also be a first name.
Faroye Demographics
Faroye Religious Adherence
in Nigeria
Religious Adherence
in Nigeria
Faroye Last Name Facts
Where Does The Last Name Faroye Come From? nationality or country of origin
The last name Faroye is found most frequently in Nigeria. It can appear in the variant forms:. For other possible spellings of this last name click here.
How Common Is The Last Name Faroye? popularity and diffusion
This last name is the 495,028th most commonly used last name internationally It is held by around 1 in 10,925,856 people. This last name is predominantly found in Africa, where 99 percent of Faroye are found; 99 percent are found in West Africa and 99 percent are found in Atlantic-Niger Africa. It is also the 2,900,335th most commonly occurring first name in the world, held by 15 people.
The last name is most frequently held in Nigeria, where it is held by 662 people, or 1 in 267,587. In Nigeria it is mostly found in: Ekiti, where 50 percent are found, Ondo, where 23 percent are found and Lagos, where 11 percent are found. Not including Nigeria this last name is found in 3 countries. It is also found in England, where 0 percent are found and Ireland, where 0 percent are found.
Faroye Last Name Statistics demography
The religious adherence of those holding the surname is primarily Christian (100%) in Nigeria.
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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 Faroye
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