Faría Surname
Approximately 39 people bear this surname
Faría Surname Distribution Map
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| Venezuela | 23 | 1:1,313,221 | 18,235 |
| Spain | 4 | 1:11,688,009 | 116,470 |
| Argentina | 3 | 1:14,247,805 | 235,975 |
| United States | 3 | 1:120,819,644 | 1,331,040 |
| Costa Rica | 2 | 1:2,390,034 | 10,205 |
| Puerto Rico | 2 | 1:1,775,070 | 6,602 |
| Brazil | 1 | 1:214,074,332 | 1,693,628 |
| Mexico | 1 | 1:124,126,205 | 103,776 |
The alternate forms: Faria (302,757) & Fária (4) are calculated separately.
Faría Last Name Facts
Where Does The Last Name Faría Come From? nationality or country of origin
The last name Faría is found most in Venezuela. It can also be found in the variant forms: Faria or Fária. For other potential spellings of Faría click here.
How Common Is The Last Name Faría? popularity and diffusion
It is the 3,141,416th most widespread family name world-wide, borne by approximately 1 in 186,860,152 people. It is predominantly found in The Americas, where 90 percent of Faría are found; 69 percent are found in South America and 59 percent are found in Caribbean South America.
The surname is most frequently held in Venezuela, where it is held by 23 people, or 1 in 1,313,221. In Venezuela Faría is most numerous in: Zulia, where 48 percent are found, Capital District, where 30 percent are found and Anzoátegui, where 13 percent are found. Excluding Venezuela it occurs in 7 countries. It is also common in Spain, where 10 percent are found and Argentina, where 8 percent are found.
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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 Faría
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