Faruu Surname
Approximately 117 people bear this surname
Faruu Surname Distribution Map
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| Nigeria | 113 | 1:1,567,635 | 58,980 |
| Kenya | 1 | 1:46,179,900 | 103,372 |
| Pakistan | 1 | 1:178,643,885 | 213,220 |
| Saudi Arabia | 1 | 1:30,855,817 | 63,028 |
| Solomon Islands | 1 | 1:580,029 | 22,243 |
Faruu (141) may also be a first name.
Faruu Last Name Facts
Where Does The Last Name Faruu Come From? nationality or country of origin
The last name Faruu is found most frequently in Nigeria. It may be rendered as a variant:. Click here to see other potential spellings of this name.
How Common Is The Last Name Faruu? popularity and diffusion
The last name Faruu is the 1,683,218th most frequently occurring last name at a global level, held by around 1 in 62,286,717 people. The surname Faruu occurs mostly in Africa, where 97 percent of Faruu reside; 97 percent reside in West Africa and 97 percent reside in Atlantic-Niger Africa. It is also the 778,371st most frequently occurring first name internationally It is held by 141 people.
The surname Faruu is most numerous in Nigeria, where it is held by 113 people, or 1 in 1,567,635. In Nigeria it is most numerous in: Sokoto, where 88 percent live, Zamfara, where 9 percent live and Gombe, where 1 percent live. Without taking into account Nigeria this surname occurs in 4 countries. It is also found in Kenya, where 1 percent live and Pakistan, where 1 percent live.
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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 Faruu
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