Fataw Surname

565,867th
Most Common
surname in the World

Approximately 559 people bear this surname

Most prevalent in:
Ghana
Highest density in:
Ghana

Fataw Surname

The meaning of this surname is not listed.

Fataw Surname Distribution Map

PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
Ghana5541:48,7745,381
Niger21:9,596,00886,358
Ivory Coast11:23,071,23276,679
Malaysia11:29,494,225409,885
Nigeria11:177,142,758748,972

Fataw (639) may also be a first name.

Fataw Last Name Facts

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

Fataw occurs most in Ghana. It may be rendered as a variant:. Click here for further potential spellings of Fataw.

How Common Is The Last Name Fataw? popularity and diffusion

The last name Fataw is the 565,867th most numerous last name throughout the world It is held by approximately 1 in 13,036,755 people. The surname Fataw occurs predominantly in Africa, where 100 percent of Fataw reside; 100 percent reside in West Africa and 99 percent reside in Atlantic-Niger Africa. Fataw is also the 329,113th most commonly used forename in the world, borne by 639 people.

This last name is most commonly held in Ghana, where it is held by 554 people, or 1 in 48,774. Beside Ghana this last name occurs in 4 countries. It is also common in Niger, where 0 percent reside and The Ivory Coast, where 0 percent reside.

Phonetically Similar Names

SurnameSimilarityWorldwide IncidencePrevalency
Feataw911/
Fetaw8049/
Fatab8046/
Fatow8016/
Fataf8012/
Fatów805/
Fotaw802/
Vataw800/
Fatova73581/
Fastow73201/
Vautaw7391/
Fatauv7321/
Fathaf7314/
Fatahb7310/
Fatowe7310/
Fatowa735/
Fathab733/
Fatouw733/
Fattaf732/
Fatabh732/
Fattab732/
Fattav731/
Fathav731/
Fatafh731/
Fataib731/
Fatowh731/
Fataab731/
Fattow730/
Fettaw730/
Fajtova6714/
Faitova678/
Faytova677/
Faithow677/
Fautova673/
Fathayb671/
Fatafth671/

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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 Fataw
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