Favor Surname
Approximately 2,864 people bear this surname
Favor Surname Distribution Map
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| United States | 1,597 | 1:226,962 | 21,928 |
| Philippines | 1,086 | 1:93,221 | 16,208 |
| Nigeria | 71 | 1:2,494,968 | 82,261 |
| England | 18 | 1:3,095,448 | 105,421 |
| Canada | 14 | 1:2,631,828 | 153,264 |
| Qatar | 6 | 1:393,000 | 55,922 |
| Uganda | 5 | 1:7,807,856 | 134,263 |
| Brazil | 5 | 1:42,814,866 | 547,158 |
| China | 5 | 1:273,464,313 | 13,838 |
| Kuwait | 4 | 1:950,174 | 18,811 |
| Sweden | 4 | 1:2,461,689 | 157,534 |
| Singapore | 4 | 1:1,376,926 | 28,409 |
| Australia | 4 | 1:6,748,925 | 181,100 |
| Senegal | 3 | 1:4,859,781 | 6,822 |
| Germany | 2 | 1:40,252,730 | 481,636 |
| France | 2 | 1:33,211,361 | 423,184 |
| Indonesia | 2 | 1:66,124,597 | 756,638 |
| Italy | 2 | 1:30,578,344 | 160,757 |
| Poland | 2 | 1:19,004,374 | 199,659 |
| Kenya | 2 | 1:23,089,950 | 83,168 |
| Netherlands | 2 | 1:8,443,588 | 136,641 |
| Saudi Arabia | 1 | 1:30,855,817 | 63,028 |
| Argentina | 1 | 1:42,743,414 | 282,706 |
| Cameroon | 1 | 1:20,769,068 | 227,406 |
| South Africa | 1 | 1:54,177,704 | 343,732 |
| South Korea | 1 | 1:51,240,256 | 8,015 |
| Spain | 1 | 1:46,752,036 | 156,870 |
| Belgium | 1 | 1:11,496,644 | 167,539 |
| Switzerland | 1 | 1:8,212,915 | 156,297 |
| Bangladesh | 1 | 1:159,356,773 | 26,077 |
| Venezuela | 1 | 1:30,204,077 | 85,459 |
| Chile | 1 | 1:17,616,474 | 93,597 |
| Puerto Rico | 1 | 1:3,550,139 | 9,109 |
| Colombia | 1 | 1:47,774,072 | 44,230 |
| Denmark | 1 | 1:5,644,715 | 93,155 |
| Mozambique | 1 | 1:27,261,569 | 7,432 |
| Mexico | 1 | 1:124,126,205 | 103,776 |
| Malaysia | 1 | 1:29,494,225 | 409,885 |
| Liberia | 1 | 1:4,408,535 | 47,110 |
| Afghanistan | 1 | 1:32,153,183 | 60,828 |
| Ivory Coast | 1 | 1:23,071,232 | 76,679 |
| Israel | 1 | 1:8,557,634 | 182,558 |
| Hong Kong | 1 | 1:7,335,483 | 16,643 |
| Guam | 1 | 1:160,121 | 4,893 |
| Ghana | 1 | 1:27,020,692 | 23,742 |
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| England | 3 | 1:8,125,123 | 158,686 |
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| United States | 595 | 1:84,401 | 8,806 |
The alternate forms: Fávor (2) are calculated separately.
Favor (4,097) may also be a first name.
Favor Demographics
Average Male Favor Height
177.11 cm
Sample is predominantly from Anglosphere countries
Favor Last Name Facts
Where Does The Last Name Favor Come From? nationality or country of origin
Favor is found most frequently in The United States. It can be found as: Fávor. For other possible spellings of this last name click here.
How Common Is The Last Name Favor? popularity and diffusion
This last name is the 153,491st most frequently occurring last name in the world, held by around 1 in 2,544,534 people. This last name is mostly found in The Americas, where 55 percent of Favor are found; 55 percent are found in North America and 55 percent are found in Anglo-North America. Favor is also the 108,722nd most frequently occurring given name internationally, held by 4,097 people.
The last name Favor is most frequently held in The United States, where it is held by 1,597 people, or 1 in 226,962. In The United States Favor is most common in: Texas, where 19 percent reside, California, where 11 percent reside and South Carolina, where 8 percent reside. Excluding The United States it occurs in 44 countries. It also occurs in The Philippines, where 38 percent reside and Nigeria, where 2 percent reside.
Favor Family Population Trend historical fluctuation
The prevalency of Favor has changed through the years. In The United States the number of people carrying the Favor last name grew 268 percent between 1880 and 2014 and in England it grew 600 percent between 1881 and 2014.
Favor Last Name Statistics demography
In The United States those holding the Favor surname are 5.19% more likely to be registered with the Republican Party than The US average, with 51.96% being registered with the political party.
The amount Favor earn in different countries varies greatly. In United States they earn 12.22% less than the national average, earning $37,876 USD per year and in Canada they earn 141.85% more than the national average, earning $120,160 CAD per year.
Phonetically Similar Names
| Surname | Similarity | Worldwide Incidence | Prevalency |
|---|---|---|---|
| Fávor | 93 | 2 | / |
| Favour | 91 | 4,283 | / |
| Favore | 91 | 89 | / |
| Fauvor | 91 | 39 | / |
| Faivor | 91 | 39 | / |
| Favoir | 91 | 2 | / |
| Favuor | 91 | 1 | / |
| Favort | 91 | 1 | / |
| Feavor | 91 | 0 | / |
| Feavour | 83 | 3 | / |
| Feavuor | 83 | 1 | / |
| Favorth | 83 | 1 | / |
| Pfavour | 83 | 1 | / |
| Faavour | 83 | 1 | / |
| Favoure | 83 | 0 | / |
| Fautvor | 83 | 0 | / |
| Fabor | 80 | 934 | / |
| Favar | 80 | 50 | / |
| Fawor | 80 | 12 | / |
| Fevor | 80 | 2 | / |
| Vavor | 80 | 1 | / |
| Fovor | 80 | 0 | / |
| Favorova | 77 | 111 | / |
| Favard | 73 | 2,500 | / |
| Favare | 73 | 401 | / |
| Faveur | 73 | 341 | / |
| Favart | 73 | 293 | / |
| Feivor | 73 | 61 | / |
| Fahwor | 73 | 12 | / |
| Faibor | 73 | 10 | / |
| Faboor | 73 | 3 | / |
| Feabor | 73 | 3 | / |
| Fabour | 73 | 2 | / |
| Fauvar | 73 | 2 | / |
| Vavoor | 73 | 2 | / |
| Fajvar | 73 | 1 | / |
| Feevor | 73 | 1 | / |
| Favarh | 73 | 1 | / |
| Faivar | 73 | 1 | / |
| Fatvar | 73 | 1 | / |
| Fabore | 73 | 1 | / |
| Fabhor | 73 | 1 | / |
| Fovour | 73 | 1 | / |
| Fabord | 73 | 1 | / |
| Fevoir | 73 | 1 | / |
| Fampor | 73 | 1 | / |
| Favaur | 73 | 0 | / |
| Faubor | 73 | 0 | / |
| Faboure | 67 | 377 | / |
| Fauvart | 67 | 254 | / |
| Fanpour | 67 | 10 | / |
| Phavour | 67 | 2 | / |
| Fampour | 67 | 2 | / |
| Fauveur | 67 | 2 | / |
| Favaurd | 67 | 1 | / |
| Faibord | 67 | 1 | / |
| Fhavare | 67 | 1 | / |
| Fajuore | 67 | 1 | / |
| Faibore | 67 | 0 | / |
| Fasword | 67 | 0 | / |
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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
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- 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 Favor
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