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
Favor Political Affiliation
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Favor Last Name Facts
Where Does The Last Name Favor Come From? nationality or country of origin
The last name Favor is found most in The United States. It may be rendered as a variant: Fávor. For other potential spellings of Favor click here.
How Common Is The Last Name Favor? popularity and diffusion
This last name is the 153,491st most frequently held family name in the world It is held by approximately 1 in 2,544,534 people. This last name occurs mostly in The Americas, where 55 percent of Favor live; 55 percent live in North America and 55 percent live in Anglo-North America. Favor is also the 108,722nd most prevalent first name on earth. It is borne by 4,097 people.
The surname is most commonly used in The United States, where it is held by 1,597 people, or 1 in 226,962. In The United States Favor is most numerous in: Texas, where 19 percent are found, California, where 11 percent are found and South Carolina, where 8 percent are found. Aside from The United States Favor exists in 44 countries. It is also found in The Philippines, where 38 percent are found and Nigeria, where 2 percent are found.
Favor Family Population Trend historical fluctuation
The frequency of Favor has changed through the years. In The United States the number of people carrying the Favor surname rose 268 percent between 1880 and 2014 and in England it rose 600 percent between 1881 and 2014.
Favor Last Name Statistics demography
In The United States those holding the Favor last name are 5.19% more likely to be registered with the Republican Party than The US average, with 51.96% registered with the 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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