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

The surname Farway is carried by more people in The Philippines than any other country/territory. It can appear as a variant:. For other potential spellings of this surname click here.

How Common Is The Last Name Farway? popularity and diffusion

It is the 7,117,718th most widespread last name globally, held by around 1 in 1,041,077,988 people. This last name occurs mostly in Asia, where 57 percent of Farway reside; 43 percent reside in Southeast Asia and 43 percent reside in Fil-Southeast Asia.

The surname is most prevalent in The Philippines, where it is held by 3 people, or 1 in 33,746,074. In The Philippines Farway is most numerous in: Cordillera Administrative Region, where 100 percent live. Outside of The Philippines this surname is found in 3 countries. It also occurs in Brazil, where 29 percent live and Turkey, where 14 percent live.

Farway Family Population Trend historical fluctuation

The occurrence of Farway has changed over time. In The United States the number of people who held the Farway last name 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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