Favour Surname
Approximately 4,283 people bear this surname
Favour Surname Distribution Map
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| Nigeria | 3,824 | 1:46,324 | 3,599 |
| Ghana | 346 | 1:78,094 | 7,799 |
| Kenya | 49 | 1:942,447 | 33,788 |
| Thailand | 23 | 1:3,071,232 | 294,953 |
| Uganda | 16 | 1:2,439,955 | 72,451 |
| Brazil | 8 | 1:26,759,292 | 405,030 |
| England | 5 | 1:11,143,612 | 252,590 |
| South Africa | 5 | 1:10,835,541 | 204,227 |
| Scotland | 3 | 1:1,784,606 | 41,943 |
| Sweden | 2 | 1:4,923,378 | 241,212 |
| Cameroon | 1 | 1:20,769,068 | 227,406 |
| Iran | 1 | 1:76,782,524 | 277,718 |
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| England | 2 | 1:12,187,685 | 173,419 |
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| United States | 31 | 1:1,619,958 | 85,073 |
Favour (175,493) may also be a first name.
Favour Demographics
Favour Religious Adherence
in Kenya
Religious Adherence
in Kenya
Favour Last Name Facts
Where Does The Last Name Favour Come From? nationality or country of origin
The surname Favour is carried by more people in Nigeria than any other country/territory. It may be found as a variant:. For other potential spellings of this last name click here.
How Common Is The Last Name Favour? popularity and diffusion
Favour is the 108,672nd most commonly occurring family name world-wide, held by around 1 in 1,701,505 people. This surname is mostly found in Africa, where 99 percent of Favour reside; 97 percent reside in West Africa and 97 percent reside in Atlantic-Niger Africa. It is also the 5,996th most frequently occurring first name internationally, borne by 175,493 people.
The last name is most commonly used in Nigeria, where it is held by 3,824 people, or 1 in 46,324. In Nigeria Favour is mostly concentrated in: Delta, where 14 percent are found, Imo, where 13 percent are found and Rivers, where 11 percent are found. Besides Nigeria Favour occurs in 11 countries. It also occurs in Ghana, where 8 percent are found and Kenya, where 1 percent are found.
Favour Family Population Trend historical fluctuation
The incidence of Favour has changed over time. In England the number of people bearing the Favour last name rose 250 percent between 1881 and 2014.
Favour Last Name Statistics demography
The religious adherence of those carrying the last name is principally Christian (100%) in Kenya and Christian (94%) in Nigeria.
Phonetically Similar Names
| Surname | Similarity | Worldwide Incidence | Prevalency |
|---|---|---|---|
| Feavour | 92 | 3 | / |
| Faavour | 92 | 1 | / |
| Pfavour | 92 | 1 | / |
| Favoure | 92 | 0 | / |
| Favor | 91 | 2,864 | / |
| Favur | 91 | 2 | / |
| Faveur | 83 | 341 | / |
| Favore | 83 | 89 | / |
| Faivor | 83 | 39 | / |
| Fauvor | 83 | 39 | / |
| Fabour | 83 | 2 | / |
| Favoir | 83 | 2 | / |
| Favuer | 83 | 1 | / |
| Favort | 83 | 1 | / |
| Fovour | 83 | 1 | / |
| Favuor | 83 | 1 | / |
| Favaur | 83 | 0 | / |
| Feavor | 83 | 0 | / |
| Faboure | 77 | 377 | / |
| Fanpour | 77 | 10 | / |
| Phavour | 77 | 2 | / |
| Fampour | 77 | 2 | / |
| Fauveur | 77 | 2 | / |
| Favaurd | 77 | 1 | / |
| Feavuor | 77 | 1 | / |
| Favorth | 77 | 1 | / |
| Fautvor | 77 | 0 | / |
| Fabor | 73 | 934 | / |
| Favar | 73 | 50 | / |
| Fawor | 73 | 12 | / |
| Fobur | 73 | 6 | / |
| Vavur | 73 | 3 | / |
| Fabur | 73 | 2 | / |
| Fávor | 73 | 2 | / |
| Fowur | 73 | 1 | / |
| Vavor | 73 | 1 | / |
| Fovur | 73 | 1 | / |
| Fovor | 73 | 0 | / |
| Favorova | 71 | 111 | / |
| Favier | 67 | 15,513 | / |
| Favard | 67 | 2,500 | / |
| Favare | 67 | 401 | / |
| Favart | 67 | 293 | / |
| Feivor | 67 | 61 | / |
| Fabure | 67 | 15 | / |
| Foubor | 67 | 15 | / |
| Fahwor | 67 | 12 | / |
| Faibor | 67 | 10 | / |
| Foubar | 67 | 9 | / |
| Vavaur | 67 | 5 | / |
| Faboor | 67 | 3 | / |
| Feabor | 67 | 3 | / |
| Fahanpour | 67 | 2 | / |
| Fauvar | 67 | 2 | / |
| Vavoor | 67 | 2 | / |
| Fobour | 67 | 1 | / |
| Fabord | 67 | 1 | / |
| Fajvar | 67 | 1 | / |
| Fampor | 67 | 1 | / |
| Favarh | 67 | 1 | / |
| Faivar | 67 | 1 | / |
| Fatvar | 67 | 1 | / |
| Vabour | 67 | 1 | / |
| Fabore | 67 | 1 | / |
| Fabhor | 67 | 1 | / |
| Fabuhr | 67 | 0 | / |
| Faubar | 67 | 0 | / |
| Faubor | 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
- 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 Favour
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