Fawake Surname
Approximately 52 people bear this surname
Fawake Surname Distribution Map
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| Cameroon | 26 | 1:798,810 | 55,510 |
| Palestine | 25 | 1:181,954 | 8,921 |
| Kuwait | 1 | 1:3,800,694 | 27,187 |
Fawake (62) may also be a first name.
Fawake Last Name Facts
Where Does The Last Name Fawake Come From? nationality or country of origin
Fawake is carried by more people in Cameroon than any other country or territory. It can appear in the variant forms:. Click here for further possible spellings of this surname.
How Common Is The Last Name Fawake? popularity and diffusion
The last name is the 2,689,253rd most widely held surname world-wide. It is borne by around 1 in 140,145,114 people. This last name occurs predominantly in Africa, where 50 percent of Fawake reside; 50 percent reside in West Africa and 50 percent reside in Chadic Africa. Fawake is also the 1,246,114th most frequently occurring forename at a global level It is held by 62 people.
The surname is most common in Cameroon, where it is carried by 26 people, or 1 in 798,810. In Cameroon it is most prevalent in: Far North Region, where 100 percent live. Excluding Cameroon Fawake exists in 2 countries. It is also found in Palestine, where 48 percent live and Kuwait, where 2 percent live.
Phonetically Similar Names
| Surname | Similarity | Worldwide Incidence | Prevalency |
|---|---|---|---|
| Fawakeh | 92 | 16 | / |
| Fawaker | 92 | 2 | / |
| Fawaka | 83 | 868 | / |
| Fawaki | 83 | 153 | / |
| Fawaik | 83 | 9 | / |
| Fawaky | 83 | 1 | / |
| Fawoke | 83 | 1 | / |
| Fabake | 83 | 1 | / |
| Favakeh | 77 | 23 | / |
| Fawakih | 77 | 8 | / |
| Fowakes | 77 | 5 | / |
| Phawake | 77 | 4 | / |
| Fewaike | 77 | 2 | / |
| Faywack | 77 | 1 | / |
| Fawakai | 77 | 1 | / |
| Fawache | 77 | 1 | / |
| Fabak | 73 | 13 | / |
| Vawak | 73 | 7 | / |
| Fawag | 73 | 2 | / |
| Favak | 73 | 1 | / |
| Fawaq | 73 | 1 | / |
| Fowoke | 67 | 40 | / |
| Fawaiq | 67 | 24 | / |
| Vavake | 67 | 16 | / |
| Feweke | 67 | 3 | / |
| Fawaqa | 67 | 2 | / |
| Favaki | 67 | 2 | / |
| Fawouk | 67 | 1 | / |
| Vawakk | 67 | 1 | / |
| Fawaqh | 67 | 1 | / |
| Favace | 67 | 1 | / |
| Fowike | 67 | 1 | / |
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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 Fawake
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