Favours Surname

1,403,590th
Most Common
surname in the World

Approximately 155 people bear this surname

Most prevalent in:
United States
Highest density in:
Jamaica

Favours Surname

The meaning of this surname is not listed.

Favours Surname Distribution Map

PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
United States1121:3,236,240185,654
Canada181:2,046,977128,463
Nigeria71:25,306,108327,793
Jamaica61:478,32410,136
South Africa51:10,835,541204,227
England21:27,859,030389,889
India21:383,532,6911,645,216
Japan11:127,844,29373,547
Kenya11:46,179,900103,372
Scotland11:5,353,81763,002

Favours (19) may also be a first name.

Favours Last Name Facts

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

Favours is more commonly found in The United States than any other country/territory. It may occur in the variant forms:. For other potential spellings of this last name click here.

How Common Is The Last Name Favours? popularity and diffusion

The surname is the 1,403,590th most widespread family name on a worldwide basis, held by around 1 in 47,016,425 people. This last name is predominantly found in The Americas, where 54 percent of Favours are found; 50 percent are found in North America and 50 percent are found in Anglo-North America. Favours is also the 2,523,061st most frequent forename at a global level, held by 19 people.

The last name Favours is most numerous in The United States, where it is borne by 112 people, or 1 in 3,236,240. In The United States Favours is most prevalent in: Ohio, where 18 percent reside, Georgia, where 10 percent reside and New Jersey, where 7 percent reside. Aside from The United States Favours is found in 9 countries. It is also common in Canada, where 12 percent reside and Nigeria, where 5 percent reside.

Favours Last Name Statistics demography

In The United States those bearing the Favours surname are 29.12% more likely to be registered Democrats than the national average, with 82.35% registered to vote for the party.

The amount Favours earn in different countries varies greatly. In South Africa they earn 64.75% less than the national average, earning R 83,760 per year; in United States they earn 22.72% less than the national average, earning $33,344 USD per year and in Canada they earn 2.79% less than the national average, earning $48,296 CAD per year.

Phonetically Similar Names

SurnameSimilarityWorldwide IncidencePrevalency
Favors924,697/
Favorst860/
Fabors7717/
Favars772/
Fovors771/
Vavors771/
Faviers71113/
Faveers7111/
Fawars62133/
Fabars6237/
Vabors620/
Fowars620/
Vaivars5782/
Fawyers571/

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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 Favours
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