Fataw Surname
Approximately 559 people bear this surname
Fataw Surname Distribution Map
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| Ghana | 554 | 1:48,774 | 5,381 |
| Niger | 2 | 1:9,596,008 | 86,358 |
| Ivory Coast | 1 | 1:23,071,232 | 76,679 |
| Malaysia | 1 | 1:29,494,225 | 409,885 |
| Nigeria | 1 | 1:177,142,758 | 748,972 |
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
The last name Fataw is borne by more people in Ghana than any other country or territory. It may be found in the variant forms:. Click here for other possible spellings of Fataw.
How Common Is The Last Name Fataw? popularity and diffusion
Fataw is the 565,867th most frequently used family name world-wide, held by approximately 1 in 13,036,755 people. The surname Fataw occurs mostly in Africa, where 100 percent of Fataw reside; 100 percent reside in West Africa and 99 percent reside in Atlantic-Niger Africa. It is also the 329,113th most prevalent given name in the world. It is borne by 639 people.
Fataw is most frequently used in Ghana, where it is held by 554 people, or 1 in 48,774. Without taking into account Ghana this surname exists in 4 countries. It is also found in Niger, where 0 percent are found and The Ivory Coast, where 0 percent are found.
Phonetically Similar Names
| Surname | Similarity | Worldwide Incidence | Prevalency |
|---|---|---|---|
| Feataw | 91 | 1 | / |
| Fetaw | 80 | 49 | / |
| Fatab | 80 | 46 | / |
| Fatow | 80 | 16 | / |
| Fataf | 80 | 12 | / |
| Fatów | 80 | 5 | / |
| Fotaw | 80 | 2 | / |
| Vataw | 80 | 0 | / |
| Fatova | 73 | 581 | / |
| Fastow | 73 | 201 | / |
| Vautaw | 73 | 91 | / |
| Fatauv | 73 | 21 | / |
| Fathaf | 73 | 14 | / |
| Fatahb | 73 | 10 | / |
| Fatowe | 73 | 10 | / |
| Fatowa | 73 | 5 | / |
| Fathab | 73 | 3 | / |
| Fatouw | 73 | 3 | / |
| Fattaf | 73 | 2 | / |
| Fatabh | 73 | 2 | / |
| Fattab | 73 | 2 | / |
| Fattav | 73 | 1 | / |
| Fathav | 73 | 1 | / |
| Fatafh | 73 | 1 | / |
| Fataib | 73 | 1 | / |
| Fatowh | 73 | 1 | / |
| Fataab | 73 | 1 | / |
| Fattow | 73 | 0 | / |
| Fettaw | 73 | 0 | / |
| Fajtova | 67 | 14 | / |
| Faitova | 67 | 8 | / |
| Faytova | 67 | 7 | / |
| Faithow | 67 | 7 | / |
| Fautova | 67 | 3 | / |
| Fathayb | 67 | 1 | / |
| Fatafth | 67 | 1 | / |
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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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