Faruqu Surname
Approximately 331 people bear this surname
Faruqu Surname Distribution Map
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| Nigeria | 317 | 1:558,810 | 27,182 |
| India | 5 | 1:153,413,076 | 951,030 |
| Tanzania | 4 | 1:13,235,403 | 84,310 |
| Pakistan | 3 | 1:59,547,962 | 132,569 |
| Bangladesh | 1 | 1:159,356,773 | 26,077 |
| Malaysia | 1 | 1:29,494,225 | 409,885 |
Faruqu (195) may also be a first name.
Faruqu Demographics
Faruqu Religious Adherence
in Nigeria
Religious Adherence
in Nigeria
Faruqu Last Name Facts
Where Does The Last Name Faruqu Come From? nationality or country of origin
The surname Faruqu occurs more in Nigeria more than any other country/territory. It can also be found as:. For other possible spellings of this name click here.
How Common Is The Last Name Faruqu? popularity and diffusion
The last name Faruqu is the 833,931st most prevalent surname throughout the world It is held by approximately 1 in 22,016,755 people. Faruqu occurs mostly in Africa, where 97 percent of Faruqu reside; 96 percent reside in West Africa and 96 percent reside in Atlantic-Niger Africa. Faruqu is also the 649,894th most frequently occurring first name throughout the world, borne by 195 people.
This surname is most widely held in Nigeria, where it is borne by 317 people, or 1 in 558,810. In Nigeria it is primarily found in: Yobe, where 74 percent are found, Jigawa, where 12 percent are found and Kano, where 6 percent are found. Not including Nigeria this last name is found in 5 countries. It is also common in India, where 2 percent are found and Tanzania, where 1 percent are found.
Faruqu Last Name Statistics demography
The religious adherence of those carrying the Faruqu surname is chiefly Muslim (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 Faruqu
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