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 surname Faruu occurs most in Nigeria. It may be found as:. Click here to see other possible spellings of this name.
How Common Is The Last Name Faruu? popularity and diffusion
This surname is the 1,683,218th most widely held surname worldwide. It is borne by around 1 in 62,286,717 people. It is predominantly found in Africa, where 97 percent of Faruu live; 97 percent live in West Africa and 97 percent live in Atlantic-Niger Africa. It is also the 778,371st most frequent first name throughout the world It is held by 141 people.
The surname Faruu is most frequently used in Nigeria, where it is carried by 113 people, or 1 in 1,567,635. In Nigeria Faruu is most numerous in: Sokoto, where 88 percent reside, Zamfara, where 9 percent reside and Gombe, where 1 percent reside. Barring Nigeria this last name exists in 4 countries. It also occurs in Kenya, where 1 percent reside and Pakistan, where 1 percent reside.
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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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