Fastima Surname
Approximately 27 people bear this surname
Fastima Surname Distribution Map
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| Nigeria | 25 | 1:7,085,710 | 162,099 |
| Cameroon | 1 | 1:20,769,068 | 227,406 |
| Pakistan | 1 | 1:178,643,885 | 213,220 |
Fastima (583) may also be a first name.
Fastima Last Name Facts
Where Does The Last Name Fastima Come From? nationality or country of origin
The surname Fastima is borne by more people in Nigeria than any other country or territory. It can also be found as a variant:. For other potential spellings of this name click here.
How Common Is The Last Name Fastima? popularity and diffusion
This surname is the 3,798,600th most widely held surname world-wide, borne by around 1 in 269,909,108 people. This last name is predominantly found in Africa, where 96 percent of Fastima reside; 96 percent reside in West Africa and 93 percent reside in Atlantic-Niger Africa. Fastima is also the 346,663rd most prevalent first name world-wide, held by 583 people.
The surname is most frequently used in Nigeria, where it is borne by 25 people, or 1 in 7,085,710. In Nigeria Fastima is primarily found in: Gombe, where 44 percent live, Zamfara, where 32 percent live and Sokoto, where 20 percent live. Apart from Nigeria it occurs in 2 countries. It is also found in Cameroon, where 4 percent live and Pakistan, where 4 percent live.
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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 Fastima
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