Farwen Surname

6,723,624th
Most Common
surname in the World

Approximately 8 people bear this surname

Most prevalent in:
Liberia
Highest density in:
Liberia

Farwen Surname

The meaning of this surname is not listed.

Farwen Surname Distribution Map

PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
Liberia61:734,75629,369
Pakistan21:89,321,942157,560

Farwen (47) may also be a first name.

Farwen Last Name Facts

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

The surname Farwen is found most frequently in Liberia. It can also appear in the variant forms:. Click here for other possible spellings of this name.

How Common Is The Last Name Farwen? popularity and diffusion

The surname is the 6,723,624th most frequently occurring family name at a global level It is held by around 1 in 910,943,240 people. The surname Farwen occurs predominantly in Africa, where 75 percent of Farwen reside; 75 percent reside in West Africa and 75 percent reside in Anglo-West Africa. Farwen is also the 1,467,136th most frequently used first name on earth, held by 47 people.

The last name is most widespread in Liberia, where it is borne by 6 people, or 1 in 734,756. In Liberia Farwen is most prevalent in: Montserrado County, where 83 percent live and Bong County, where 17 percent live. Outside of Liberia Farwen is found in one country. It is also found in Pakistan, where 25 percent live.

Phonetically Similar Names

SurnameSimilarityWorldwide IncidencePrevalency
Farween92398/
Farwene921/
Farwn911/
Farwin831,895/
Farben8318/
Fahrwn831/
Forwen831/
Fairben7723/
Farwing776/
Farwine775/
Farbeen773/
Farwynn771/
Farwain771/
Fairwin770/
Farruen770/
Farwink770/
Pharween711/
Farguhen710/
Fairbeen710/
Farbin67609/
Forben67142/
Verwen6716/
Varuen672/
Feerwn671/
Vorwen671/
Forrwn671/
Faruin671/
Forwin671/
Fairvn670/

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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 Farwen
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