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
The last name Fawake occurs most in Cameroon. It may be rendered in the variant forms:. For other potential spellings of this surname click here.
How Common Is The Last Name Fawake? popularity and diffusion
This surname is the 2,689,253rd most numerous family name internationally, borne by approximately 1 in 140,145,114 people. The surname Fawake is predominantly found in Africa, where 50 percent of Fawake live; 50 percent live in West Africa and 50 percent live in Chadic Africa. It is also the 1,246,114th most commonly used first name world-wide, borne by 62 people.
This surname is most common in Cameroon, where it is carried by 26 people, or 1 in 798,810. In Cameroon it is primarily found in: Far North Region, where 100 percent are found. Other than Cameroon this last name exists in 2 countries. It is also common in Palestine, where 48 percent are found and Kuwait, where 2 percent are found.
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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