Fat Surname

43,347th
Most Common
surname in the World

Approximately 12,007 people bear this surname

Most prevalent in:
Indonesia
Highest density in:
French Polynesia

Fat Surname

The meaning of this surname is not listed.

Fat Surname Distribution Map

PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
Indonesia2,6691:49,5505,563
Philippines2,2421:45,1557,259
Iran1,2281:62,5266,684
Egypt1,1901:77,2576,997
Romania7721:26,0083,306
DR Congo6501:113,66112,476
Saudi Arabia5571:55,3967,891
Nigeria3861:458,91923,339
Morocco3411:101,10317,469
United Arab Emirates3101:29,5563,247
Malaysia2541:116,1197,708
United States2061:1,759,509115,901
Mexico1211:1,025,83613,317
Pakistan1001:1,786,43918,003
Turkey901:864,68241,266
India851:9,024,299181,432
Afghanistan811:396,9535,585
Dominican Republic691:151,2025,897
Hong Kong561:130,9912,371
Brazil551:3,892,261106,836
South Africa541:1,003,29161,925
Ukraine441:1,034,60795,076
Argentina361:1,187,31770,591
Cambodia331:469,3074,109
French Polynesia311:9,0581,949
Thailand291:2,435,805267,220
Serbia291:246,37813,728
Portugal281:372,08012,265
Jamaica221:130,4524,751
Canada211:1,754,552114,935
England211:2,653,24194,788
New Caledonia161:17,2644,719
Qatar161:147,37516,023
France161:4,151,420237,746
Ireland151:313,92910,911
Singapore131:423,66918,211
South Sudan91:1,268,3421,210
Taiwan81:2,930,59317,989
Peru71:4,540,58934,489
China61:227,886,92811,701
Yemen61:4,404,21618,907
Tunisia51:122,12516,050
Australia51:5,399,140162,351
Niger51:3,838,40364,195
Italy41:15,289,172132,955
Libya41:1,560,9943,087
Iraq41:8,755,41423,373
Brunei41:104,6832,048
Suriname41:138,1547,029
Germany41:20,126,365436,245
Austria31:2,838,47893,604
Uganda21:19,519,640189,114
Croatia21:2,114,30285,143
Poland21:19,004,374199,659
Cameroon21:10,384,534165,830
Israel21:4,278,817136,311
Netherlands21:8,443,588136,641
Macau21:300,8151,009
Switzerland11:8,212,915156,297
Mozambique11:27,261,5697,432
Mauritius11:1,293,41716,552
Tanzania11:52,941,613123,716
Mauritania11:4,094,86338,869
Belgium11:11,496,644167,539
Algeria11:38,631,551130,422
Tuvalu11:11,188103
Lebanon11:5,637,08332,436
Albania11:2,914,05529,474
Benin11:10,335,602103,742
Gabon11:1,889,1946,814
Iceland11:380,09011,096
Greece11:11,079,790145,225
Paraguay11:7,236,74616,511
Sudan11:37,510,19514,259
Sri Lanka11:20,808,56018,521
Spain11:46,752,036156,870
Cuba11:11,522,71617,380
Slovenia11:2,487,67531,128
Aruba11:103,4772,586
Curaçao11:157,2471,313
Scotland11:5,353,81763,002
American Samoa11:55,7583,072
Angola11:26,989,21411,853
Armenia11:2,930,18022,770
Burkina Faso11:18,352,10030,051
Ghana11:27,020,69223,742
Panama11:3,912,25817,195
PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
England91:2,708,37473,770
Wales51:313,68310,604
PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
United States531:947,52256,651

The alternate forms: Făt (205) & Fát (1) are calculated separately.

Fat (11,948) may also be a first name.

Fat Last Name Facts

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

Fat (Arabic: فات, Bengali: ফট, Hassaniya-Arabic: ﺍﻓﺎﺕ, Hindi: फत) is most common in Indonesia. It can be rendered as: Făt or Fát. For other possible spellings of this surname click here.

How Common Is The Last Name Fat? popularity and diffusion

This surname is the 43,347th most prevalent family name at a global level, held by around 1 in 606,941 people. The last name Fat occurs mostly in Asia, where 65 percent of Fat reside; 44 percent reside in Southeast Asia and 24 percent reside in Malayo-Arabic Southeast Asia. It is also the 54,354th most prevalent first name throughout the world It is held by 11,948 people.

This last name is most widely held in Indonesia, where it is borne by 2,669 people, or 1 in 49,550. In Indonesia Fat is most frequent in: West Kalimantan, where 38 percent reside, West Java, where 15 percent reside and Jakarta, where 14 percent reside. Other than Indonesia this surname is found in 86 countries. It also occurs in The Philippines, where 19 percent reside and Iran, where 10 percent reside.

Fat Family Population Trend historical fluctuation

The incidence of Fat has changed over time. In The United States the number of people carrying the Fat last name expanded 389 percent between 1880 and 2014 and in England it expanded 233 percent between 1881 and 2014.

Fat Last Name Statistics demography

The religious adherence of those bearing the surname is principally Muslim (87%) in Nigeria and Orthodox (100%) in Ukraine.

In The United States those holding the Fat surname are 3.23% more likely to be registered Republicans than The US average, with 50% registered with the party.

The amount Fat earn in different countries varies greatly. In Peru they earn 37.54% less than the national average, earning S/. 12,107 per year; in South Africa they earn 46.79% more than the national average, earning R 348,840 per year; in United States they earn 46.62% more than the national average, earning $63,263 USD per year and in Canada they earn 2.52% more than the national average, earning $50,936 CAD per year.

Phonetically Similar Names

SurnameSimilarityWorldwide IncidencePrevalency
Făt89205/
Fát891/
Fath8670,300/
Fate8636,558/
Fast8617,740/
Fait864,540/
Fatt863,849/
Fayt861,980/
Fajt861,511/
Faut861,148/
Feat86516/
Faat86380/
Faht86187/
Fats8658/
Fatp868/
Fazt864/
Fhat863/
Fatd862/
Wfat862/
Pfat861/
Fatı861/
Faït861/
Ffat861/
Fa8036,712/
Faust7544,905/
Faith7518,761/
Fathe758,233/
Fauth755,586/
Fatch753,281/
Fadte752,689/
Feast751,982/
Fatte751,957/
Faißt751,782/
Faist751,590/
Fahat75719/
Fautz75606/
Faite75419/
Pfadt75330/
Faath75321/
Faast75304/
Fajth75279/
Fajst75174/
Fautt75155/
Faste75127/
Faidt7588/
Feath7581/
Fayst7580/
Faits7580/
Fault7562/
Fasht7552/
Facht7535/
Fahtz7533/
Faute7530/
Fayte7523/
Faudt7521/
Faitt7520/
Fauht7518/
Fayth7517/
Fauts7515/
Fhate7514/
Fhadt7512/
Fatts7510/
Fastø758/
Faate757/
Fathh756/
Fajht755/
Fahdt755/
Fasst755/
Feate754/
Faïte754/
Feats753/
Pfatt753/
Faszt753/
Faths753/
Faats753/
Featt752/
Featz752/
Fatth752/
Fauzt752/
Faydt752/
Ffath751/
Faiht751/
Fatıh751/
Hfate751/
Faait751/
Fat'h751/
Fatsh751/
Fgatt751/
Fhatt751/
Fathz751/
Hfazt751/
Fasts750/
Fay6739,111/
Vat6720,776/
Fad6720,253/
Fai6713,230/
Faz6710,429/
Fau677,970/
Fah677,422/
Fea673,141/
Faa672,622/
Fot671,650/
Fas671,643/
Foa671,095/
Faß67967/
Faisst67907/
Faathh67627/
Fatova67581/
Pfautz67516/
Fahath67487/
Fauste67406/
Pfauth67336/
Faj67289/
Pfaadt67267/
Hfa67255/
Fha67216/
Faihst6775/
Fautch6767/
Faicht6750/
Fap6746/
Featch6744/
Faithe6742/
Fhaith6739/
Fajcht6737/
Faaite6731/
Faÿ6726/
Wfa6722/
Faiszt6720/
Pfa6717/
Faizst6714/
Feaste6714/
Fga6710/
Faï6710/
Fhadte679/
Fatthe679/
Ffa679/
Faç678/
Faustt677/
Fausts677/
Fadthe676/
Fauthz676/
Faà676/
Feathe675/
Fatowa675/
Vfa675/
Faasth674/
Fat'he674/
Faathe674/
Fauths673/
Faatth672/
Faitte672/
Fahaat672/
Fautsz672/
Faythe672/
Faiste672/
Fayteh672/
Phfait671/
Pfaddt671/
Pfaitz671/
Hfaits671/
Fhahts671/
Fheath671/
Faucht671/
Faytte671/
Faitch671/
Faitts671/
Faaith671/
Faaste671/
Faatts671/
Fatsch671/
Fać671/
Fêa671/
Fachte671/
Fahatt671/
Fattdh671/
Faî671/
Faudte670/
Pfauts670/
Pfaust670/

Fat Name Transliterations

TransliterationICU LatinPercentage of Incidence
Fat in the Hassaniya-Arabic language
ﺍﻓﺎﺕafat-
Fat in the Bengali language
ফটphata-
Fat in the Hindi language
फतphata45.56
फातphata18.89
रफतraphata16.67
फात्phat6.67
फत्तुphattu3.33
फात्माphatma3.33
फटphata2.22
Fat in the Arabic language
فاتfat-
عفاةfat-
عفاتfat-
عفةft-

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  • Similar: Names listed in the "Similar" section are phonetically similar and may not have any relation to Fat
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