Favors Surname

100,532nd
Most Common
surname in the World

Approximately 4,697 people bear this surname

Most prevalent in:
United States
Highest density in:
United States

Favors Surname

The meaning of this surname is not listed.

Favors Surname Distribution Map

PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
United States4,6801:77,4488,856
Germany61:13,417,576340,600
Philippines21:50,619,112341,003
Canada11:36,845,591464,108
China11:1,367,321,56651,149
Denmark11:5,644,71593,155
France11:66,422,722504,397
Georgia11:3,745,54547,852
Guatemala11:16,082,66812,169
Mozambique11:27,261,5697,432
Puerto Rico11:3,550,1399,109
Singapore11:5,507,70347,049
PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
United States2501:200,87517,457

Favors (13) may also be a first name.

Favors Last Name Facts

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

The last name Favors occurs most in The United States. It can be rendered as a variant:. Click here for other possible spellings of this name.

How Common Is The Last Name Favors? popularity and diffusion

It is the 100,532nd most frequently occurring last name on a global scale It is held by approximately 1 in 1,551,532 people. This surname is predominantly found in The Americas, where 100 percent of Favors live; 100 percent live in North America and 100 percent live in Anglo-North America. It is also the 3,159,357th most prevalent first name at a global level, borne by 13 people.

This surname is most frequently used in The United States, where it is borne by 4,680 people, or 1 in 77,448. In The United States it is mostly found in: Georgia, where 37 percent are found, Texas, where 12 percent are found and Florida, where 5 percent are found. Besides The United States this last name is found in 11 countries. It also occurs in Germany, where 0 percent are found and The Philippines, where 0 percent are found.

Favors Family Population Trend historical fluctuation

The incidence of Favors has changed over time. In The United States the number of people carrying the Favors last name rose 1,872 percent between 1880 and 2014.

Favors Last Name Statistics demography

In The United States those bearing the Favors surname are 0.20999999999999% more likely to be registered Democrats than the national average, with 53.02% registered to vote for the political party.

Favors earn notably less less than the average income. In United States they earn 15.65% less than the national average, earning $36,398 USD per year.

Phonetically Similar Names

SurnameSimilarityWorldwide IncidencePrevalency
Favours92155/
Favorst920/
Favers8392/
Fabors8317/
Favars832/
Vavors831/
Fovors831/
Feavers7712/
Faveers7711/
Fayvers774/
Faivers772/
Fauvers770/
Fowers671,006/
Fawars67133/
Vovers6754/
Vavers6746/
Vowers6744/
Fabars6737/
Fevers6729/
Fawers671/
Fowars670/
Vabors670/
Vaivars6282/
Faywers624/
Veavers622/
Feevers621/
Vevers50822/
Fewers503/
Vāvers502/
Vewers501/
Vēvers501/
Vawers500/

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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 Favors
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