Farway Surname

7,117,718th
Most Common
surname in the World

Approximately 7 people bear this surname

Most prevalent in:
Philippines
Highest density in:
Philippines

Farway Surname

The meaning of this surname is not listed.

Farway Surname Distribution Map

PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
Philippines31:33,746,074302,898
Brazil21:107,037,1661,031,150
Turkey11:77,821,422191,047
United States11:362,458,9331,988,048
PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
United States121:4,184,890180,076

Farway Last Name Facts

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

Farway is held by more people in The Philippines than any other country or territory. It may appear in the variant forms:. Click here to see other possible spellings of this last name.

How Common Is The Last Name Farway? popularity and diffusion

It is the 7,117,718th most numerous surname internationally. It is borne by around 1 in 1,041,077,988 people. Farway is primarily found in Asia, where 57 percent of Farway are found; 43 percent are found in Southeast Asia and 43 percent are found in Fil-Southeast Asia.

The last name is most frequently held in The Philippines, where it is carried by 3 people, or 1 in 33,746,074. In The Philippines Farway is mostly found in: Cordillera Administrative Region, where 100 percent are found. Apart from The Philippines Farway exists in 3 countries. It is also common in Brazil, where 29 percent are found and Turkey, where 14 percent are found.

Farway Family Population Trend historical fluctuation

The occurrence of Farway has changed over time. In The United States the number of people bearing the Farway surname declined 92 percent between 1880 and 2014.

Phonetically Similar Names

SurnameSimilarityWorldwide IncidencePrevalency
Fairway92193/
Farwa911,885/
Farwah83190/
Forway8373/
Varway8336/
Farbay837/
Farwai834/
Farwad831/
Farhwa831/
Farwha831/
Farwaj831/
Fairwa831/
Farwaha77175/
Fourway779/
Farwash777/
Farwais775/
Farwaiz771/
Pharway771/
Farwaji771/
Farwaja771/
Varwaya771/
Farwhye771/
Farwuha771/
Farba73185/
Farva73167/
Varwa73104/
Farby7386/
Farua7341/
Farwe7336/
Farwi7325/
Forwa7320/
Ferwa737/
Farwj731/
Forwy731/
Varwy731/
Farvy730/
Farwahah711/
Forbay67504/
Faurby67283/
Fearby67276/
Fatrua67251/
Forwah67120/
Faerua6786/
Verway6771/
Farbey6764/
Forwai6724/
Farbyi6720/
Farvaz6716/
Fourwa6715/
Farvah6714/
Pharwa679/
Varwaj676/
Faruas676/
Farvas675/
Farvat674/
Faruat673/
Farvey673/
Fahrwi673/
Varvay672/
Farbai672/
Faruad671/
Faruaj671/
Vairwa671/
Farvad671/
Farvaj671/
Farwej671/
Forwey671/
Fairby671/
Foruay671/
Farwou671/
Varwua671/
Faruah671/
Farvoy671/
Farweh671/
Farwid671/
Farbaj671/
Farbaș671/
Ferwey671/
Varwey671/
Farboy670/
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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 Farway
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