Favour Surname

108,672nd
Most Common
surname in the World

Approximately 4,283 people bear this surname

Most prevalent in:
Nigeria
Highest density in:
Nigeria

Favour Surname

The meaning of this surname is not listed.

Favour Surname Distribution Map

PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
Nigeria3,8241:46,3243,599
Ghana3461:78,0947,799
Kenya491:942,44733,788
Thailand231:3,071,232294,953
Uganda161:2,439,95572,451
Brazil81:26,759,292405,030
England51:11,143,612252,590
South Africa51:10,835,541204,227
Scotland31:1,784,60641,943
Sweden21:4,923,378241,212
Cameroon11:20,769,068227,406
Iran11:76,782,524277,718
PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
England21:12,187,685173,419
PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
United States311:1,619,95885,073

Favour (175,493) may also be a first name.

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

SurnameSimilarityWorldwide IncidencePrevalency
Feavour923/
Faavour921/
Pfavour921/
Favoure920/
Favor912,864/
Favur912/
Faveur83341/
Favore8389/
Faivor8339/
Fauvor8339/
Fabour832/
Favoir832/
Favuer831/
Favort831/
Fovour831/
Favuor831/
Favaur830/
Feavor830/
Faboure77377/
Fanpour7710/
Phavour772/
Fampour772/
Fauveur772/
Favaurd771/
Feavuor771/
Favorth771/
Fautvor770/
Fabor73934/
Favar7350/
Fawor7312/
Fobur736/
Vavur733/
Fabur732/
Fávor732/
Fowur731/
Vavor731/
Fovur731/
Fovor730/
Favorova71111/
Favier6715,513/
Favard672,500/
Favare67401/
Favart67293/
Feivor6761/
Fabure6715/
Foubor6715/
Fahwor6712/
Faibor6710/
Foubar679/
Vavaur675/
Faboor673/
Feabor673/
Fahanpour672/
Fauvar672/
Vavoor672/
Fobour671/
Fabord671/
Fajvar671/
Fampor671/
Favarh671/
Faivar671/
Fatvar671/
Vabour671/
Fabore671/
Fabhor671/
Fabuhr670/
Faubar670/
Faubor670/

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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 Favour
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