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 borne by more people in Nigeria than any other country or territory. It may also appear in the variant forms:. Click here for other potential spellings of this surname.
How Common Is The Last Name Faroye? popularity and diffusion
This last name is the 495,028th most commonly occurring surname world-wide. It is borne by approximately 1 in 10,925,856 people. The surname Faroye 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. Faroye is also the 2,900,335th most frequently held first name internationally, held by 15 people.
The surname is most numerous in Nigeria, where it is borne by 662 people, or 1 in 267,587. In Nigeria Faroye is mostly concentrated in: Ekiti, where 50 percent reside, Ondo, where 23 percent reside and Lagos, where 11 percent reside. Outside of Nigeria it exists in 3 countries. It is also found in England, where 0 percent reside and Ireland, where 0 percent reside.
Faroye Last Name Statistics demography
The religious devotion of those carrying the last name is chiefly 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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