Faru Surname
Approximately 1,795 people bear this surname
Faru Surname Distribution Map
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| Tanzania | 869 | 1:60,922 | 6,535 |
| Nigeria | 645 | 1:274,640 | 15,593 |
| Indonesia | 96 | 1:1,377,596 | 94,593 |
| India | 82 | 1:9,354,456 | 185,501 |
| Papua New Guinea | 46 | 1:177,255 | 24,620 |
| Solomon Islands | 24 | 1:24,168 | 4,782 |
| Russia | 4 | 1:36,030,764 | 577,589 |
| Malaysia | 4 | 1:7,373,556 | 230,001 |
| South Africa | 3 | 1:18,059,235 | 248,362 |
| Kenya | 3 | 1:15,393,300 | 77,493 |
| United States | 2 | 1:181,229,466 | 1,556,795 |
| England | 2 | 1:27,859,030 | 389,889 |
| Colombia | 2 | 1:23,887,036 | 32,612 |
| United Arab Emirates | 2 | 1:4,581,136 | 93,443 |
| Thailand | 1 | 1:70,638,345 | 1,175,915 |
| Uganda | 1 | 1:39,039,279 | 258,887 |
| Niger | 1 | 1:19,192,017 | 110,060 |
| Singapore | 1 | 1:5,507,703 | 47,049 |
| Pakistan | 1 | 1:178,643,885 | 213,220 |
| Algeria | 1 | 1:38,631,551 | 130,422 |
| Maldives | 1 | 1:404,172 | 7,269 |
| Iraq | 1 | 1:35,021,654 | 31,813 |
| Canada | 1 | 1:36,845,591 | 464,108 |
| Brazil | 1 | 1:214,074,332 | 1,693,628 |
| Bangladesh | 1 | 1:159,356,773 | 26,077 |
Faru (3,622) may also be a first name.
Faru Demographics
Faru Religious Adherence
in Kenya
Religious Adherence
in Kenya
Faru Last Name Facts
Where Does The Last Name Faru Come From? nationality or country of origin
The surname Faru (Bengali: ফরু, Hindi: फारु, Oriya: ଫାରୁ, Russian: Фару) is most common in Tanzania. It can be found as:. Click here for other potential spellings of this surname.
How Common Is The Last Name Faru? popularity and diffusion
Faru is the 226,224th most widespread last name in the world. It is borne by around 1 in 4,059,914 people. The last name Faru occurs mostly in Africa, where 85 percent of Faru are found; 49 percent are found in East Africa and 49 percent are found in East Bantu Africa. It is also the 117,463rd most frequent first name internationally, borne by 3,622 people.
The last name Faru is most prevalent in Tanzania, where it is held by 869 people, or 1 in 60,922. In Tanzania Faru is most common in: Tanga Region, where 29 percent reside, Dar es Salaam Region, where 25 percent reside and Mwanza Region, where 17 percent reside. Apart from Tanzania Faru occurs in 24 countries. It is also found in Nigeria, where 36 percent reside and Indonesia, where 5 percent reside.
Faru Last Name Statistics demography
The religious devotion of those holding the Faru surname is primarily Muslim (50%) in Kenya and Muslim (89%) in Nigeria.
Phonetically Similar Names
Faru Name Transliterations
| Transliteration | ICU Latin | Percentage of Incidence |
|---|---|---|
| Faru in the Bengali language | ||
| ফরু | pharu | - |
| Faru in the Oriya language | ||
| ଫାରୁ | pharu | - |
| Faru in the Hindi language | ||
| फारु | pharu | 42.59 |
| फारू | pharu | 36.11 |
| फरू | pharu | 8.33 |
| फरु | pharu | 2.78 |
| फेरु | pheru | 1.85 |
| फ़रू | faru | 1.85 |
| फेरू | pheru | 1.85 |
| Faru in the Russian language | ||
| Фару | faru | - |
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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 Faru
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