Faskari Surname

2,909,720th
Most Common
surname in the World

Approximately 45 people bear this surname

Most prevalent in:
Nigeria
Highest density in:
Niger

Faskari Surname

The meaning of this surname is not listed.

Faskari Surname Distribution Map

PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
Nigeria321:5,535,711139,404
Niger131:1,476,30930,154

Faskari (13) may also be a first name.

Faskari Last Name Facts

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

The surname Faskari is more commonly found in Nigeria than any other country or territory. It may appear in the variant forms:. For other possible spellings of Faskari click here.

How Common Is The Last Name Faskari? popularity and diffusion

The last name Faskari is the 2,909,720th most widely held last name at a global level, held by around 1 in 161,945,465 people. The last name Faskari occurs mostly in Africa, where 100 percent of Faskari live; 100 percent live in West Africa and 71 percent live in Atlantic-Niger Africa. Faskari is also the 3,159,357th most frequent forename in the world, held by 13 people.

The last name Faskari is most widespread in Nigeria, where it is held by 32 people, or 1 in 5,535,711. In Nigeria it is mostly found in: Zamfara, where 41 percent are found, Federal Capital Territory, where 28 percent are found and Sokoto, where 16 percent are found. Besides Nigeria this surname occurs in one country. It is also found in Niger, where 29 percent are found.

Phonetically Similar Names

SurnameSimilarityWorldwide IncidencePrevalency
Faskare8632/
Faskaré866/
Vaskari866/
Faskori861/
Fouskari8037/
Foskaris8036/
Fouskaris7557/
Fashkouri756/
Fashkhori751/
Foscari71214/
Vazkari7124/
Voskari7114/
Vaskare714/
Vascari711/
Faskore711/
Foskare711/
Feskeri711/
Vaskori711/
Vaskeri711/
Vhaskeri671/
Vashkouri632/
Fouskoris631/
Fezcari57170/
Fossåskaret5643/
Veiskare531/

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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 Faskari
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