Father Surname
Approximately 761 people bear this surname
Father Surname Definition:
In old records Fader. Probably to distinguish a person from his son bearing the same Christian name; just as in France they still say Pourpoint pere (senior) in contradistinction to Pourpoint fils (junior).
Father Surname Distribution Map
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| Nigeria | 519 | 1:341,316 | 18,530 |
| Iran | 80 | 1:959,782 | 44,995 |
| India | 38 | 1:20,185,931 | 296,209 |
| Botswana | 28 | 1:78,105 | 13,263 |
| South Africa | 26 | 1:2,083,758 | 92,464 |
| Afghanistan | 21 | 1:1,531,104 | 12,360 |
| Malaysia | 13 | 1:2,268,787 | 89,138 |
| Papua New Guinea | 13 | 1:627,209 | 74,307 |
| Indonesia | 6 | 1:22,041,532 | 555,748 |
| Canada | 5 | 1:7,369,118 | 289,406 |
| DR Congo | 4 | 1:18,469,892 | 182,906 |
| France | 2 | 1:33,211,361 | 423,184 |
| Kenya | 1 | 1:46,179,900 | 103,372 |
| Liberia | 1 | 1:4,408,535 | 47,110 |
| Mauritius | 1 | 1:1,293,417 | 16,552 |
| Philippines | 1 | 1:101,238,223 | 404,861 |
| Somalia | 1 | 1:13,452,061 | 9,224 |
| Sudan | 1 | 1:37,510,195 | 14,259 |
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| England | 14 | 1:1,741,098 | 55,534 |
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| United States | 39 | 1:1,287,659 | 71,386 |
Father (9,336) may also be a first name.
Father Surname Meaning
From Where Does The Surname Originate? meaning and history
In old records Fader. Probably to distinguish a person from his son bearing the same Christian name; just as in France they still say Pourpoint pere (senior) in contradistinction to Pourpoint fils (junior).
Father Demographics
Average Father Salary in
England
£21,977
Per year
Average Salary in
England
£26,976
Per year
Father Last Name Facts
Where Does The Last Name Father Come From? nationality or country of origin
Father (Hindi: फादर, Marathi: फाठेर) is found most in Nigeria. It may also be found in the variant forms:. For other potential spellings of this surname click here.
How Common Is The Last Name Father? popularity and diffusion
Father is the 447,670th most prevalent last name internationally, held by around 1 in 9,576,276 people. This surname is primarily found in Africa, where 76 percent of Father live; 68 percent live in West Africa and 68 percent live in Atlantic-Niger Africa. It is also the 64,174th most commonly used first name on earth. It is borne by 9,336 people.
The surname is most numerous in Nigeria, where it is carried by 519 people, or 1 in 341,316. In Nigeria Father is most common in: Bayelsa, where 20 percent are found, Rivers, where 17 percent are found and Kaduna, where 10 percent are found. Excluding Nigeria this last name exists in 17 countries. It also occurs in Iran, where 11 percent are found and India, where 5 percent are found.
Father Last Name Statistics demography
Father earn a lot less than the average income. In South Africa they earn 47.84% less than the national average, earning R 123,960 per year.
Phonetically Similar Names
Father Name Transliterations
| Transliteration | ICU Latin | Percentage of Incidence |
|---|---|---|
| Father in the Hindi language | ||
| फादर | phadara | 94.44 |
| फतहर | phatahara | 5.56 |
| Father in the Marathi language | ||
| फाठेर | phathera | 57.14 |
| साठे | sathe | 14.29 |
| फाथेर | phathera | 14.29 |
| फातेर | phatera | 14.29 |
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Footnotes
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- Similar: Names listed in the "Similar" section are phonetically similar and may not have any relation to Father
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