Farquah Surname

3,373,373rd
Most Common
surname in the World

Approximately 34 people bear this surname

Most prevalent in:
Nigeria
Highest density in:
Nigeria

Farquah Surname

The meaning of this surname is not listed.

Farquah Surname Distribution Map

PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
Nigeria281:6,326,527151,186
England31:18,572,686338,250
United States31:120,819,6441,331,040
PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
England11:24,375,369195,128

Farquah Last Name Facts

Where Does The Last Name Farquah Come From? nationality or country of origin

The last name Farquah is found most frequently in Nigeria. It may appear as:. Click here for other possible spellings of this last name.

How Common Is The Last Name Farquah? popularity and diffusion

This surname is the 3,373,373rd most widespread surname throughout the world. It is borne by approximately 1 in 214,339,586 people. The surname Farquah is mostly found in Africa, where 82 percent of Farquah reside; 82 percent reside in West Africa and 82 percent reside in Atlantic-Niger Africa.

This last name is most frequently used in Nigeria, where it is borne by 28 people, or 1 in 6,326,527. In Nigeria Farquah is mostly found in: Delta, where 39 percent live, Bayelsa, where 25 percent live and Lagos, where 25 percent live. Barring Nigeria this last name exists in 2 countries. It is also found in England, where 9 percent live and The United States, where 9 percent live.

Farquah Family Population Trend historical fluctuation

The incidence of Farquah has changed through the years. In England the number of people who held the Farquah last name grew 300 percent between 1881 and 2014.

Phonetically Similar Names

SurnameSimilarityWorldwide IncidencePrevalency
Farquha861/
Farquad861/
Farquay860/
Farquhai801/
Farguach801/
Fahrquad801/
Farquhau800/
Farquhas800/
Fargua771/
Ferqua770/
Farquei711/
Farquoi711/
Farguas711/
Farguha711/
Fargbah711/
Forquay710/
Farguay710/
Faringua671/
Fourquaux6326/
Pharenqua633/
Vargua622/
Fercua621/
Forqwa621/
Forgua621/
Farguo621/
Forkuoh571,212/
Forkwah5744/
Ferguay570/
Foringua531/
Fornkwah531/

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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
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  • 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 Farquah
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