Fatania Surname

542,751st
Most Common
surname in the World

Approximately 591 people bear this surname

Most prevalent in:
England
Highest density in:
England

Fatania Surname User-submission:

In the year 1046 Bardai Brahmin, Naranji Gor's two sons, namely Odhavaji and Kanji filled a Kavad with water (i.e. two pots filled with water, attached by rope on the ends of a supporting wooden rod) which is then carried on a shoulder. The two brothers started to go on a yatra to Dwarka, to bathe Thakurji in Gomati.

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Fatania Surname Distribution Map

PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
England4921:113,24811,628
India501:15,341,308250,737
United States301:12,081,964463,456
Indonesia81:16,531,149488,268
Kenya31:15,393,30077,493
Australia21:13,497,850222,987
Austria11:8,515,435118,036
Egypt11:91,935,754132,737
Netherlands11:16,887,176156,465
Scotland11:5,353,81763,002
Tanzania11:52,941,613123,716
United Arab Emirates11:9,162,273135,437

Fatania Surname Meaning

User-submitted Reference

In the year 1046 Bardai Brahmin, Naranji Gor's two sons, namely Odhavaji and Kanji filled a Kavad with water (i.e. two pots filled with water, attached by rope on the ends of a supporting wooden rod) which is then carried on a shoulder. The two brothers started to go on a yatra to Dwarka, to bathe Thakurji in Gomati.

On the way, they came to a village called Fatana (a village in Mount Barda in Porbander State). Here they went to a house of a Gujar-Sutar (carpenter) whose name was Velji and his surname (shankh) was Parmar. At Velji Parmar's house, they drank water from his water pot.

As both the brothers were Brahmin, as they drank water from Gujar Sutar's home, they were both considered impure (in Gujarati Vatlela) Brahmins.

The Bardai Brahmin community made them outcast because they were Vatlela. After this, Odhavaji and Kanji, came back to the village Fatana and married two of Velji Gujar's daughters. As Gujar Sutar is being Prajapati Kumbhar both, Odhavji and Kanji became Kumbhar. And as they were living in Fatana village, they became known as Fatania.

Therefore, since then, Odhavji and Kanji, being Brahmin became known as Prajapati Kumbhar and their surname (shankh) given as Fatania.

The root of the Fatania family started this way from Bardai Brahmin of Fatana to present caste Kumbhar community.

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Fatania Last Name Facts

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

The last name Fatania (Marathi: फटाणीया) is more commonly found in England than any other country or territory. It may occur in the variant forms:. For other potential spellings of Fatania click here.

How Common Is The Last Name Fatania? popularity and diffusion

The last name is the 542,751st most frequent family name on a global scale, held by approximately 1 in 12,330,873 people. The last name Fatania occurs predominantly in Europe, where 84 percent of Fatania reside; 83 percent reside in Northern Europe and 83 percent reside in British Isles.

The last name is most widespread in England, where it is borne by 492 people, or 1 in 113,248. In England it is most prevalent in: Greater London, where 46 percent live, Leicestershire, where 12 percent live and Berkshire, where 12 percent live. Barring England it occurs in 11 countries. It is also found in India, where 8 percent live and The United States, where 5 percent live.

Fatania Last Name Statistics demography

Fatania earn significantly less than the average income. In United States they earn 28.07% less than the national average, earning $31,036 USD per year.

Phonetically Similar Names

SurnameSimilarityWorldwide IncidencePrevalency
Fataniah9310/
Fatatnia931/
Fathaniah8899/
Fattahnia881/
Fatonia8615/
Fatanea864/
Fetania861/
Fatanya861/
Fatenia861/
Fatoniah8047/
Fatehnia8035/
Vatannia8023/
Phatania8020/
Fatongia8016/
Foitania801/
Phathania7546/
Fathoniah7541/
Vatan'nia751/
Fetanio71310/
Vatenia7128/
Vatanja711/
Vatonia711/
Foteinia6744/
Foteinias6367/
Fatonya571/
Vattaneo531/
Feitonio531/
Photanya531/
Fatonhou531/

Fatania Name Transliterations

TransliterationICU LatinPercentage of Incidence
Fatania in the Marathi language
फटाणीयाphataniya75
फटाणीसphatanisa12.5
फटानीphatani12.5

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