Fawei Surname
Approximately 398 people bear this surname
Fawei Surname Distribution Map
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| Nigeria | 369 | 1:480,062 | 24,144 |
| Papua New Guinea | 26 | 1:313,604 | 42,091 |
| Cameroon | 1 | 1:20,769,068 | 227,406 |
| China | 1 | 1:1,367,321,566 | 51,149 |
| Ghana | 1 | 1:27,020,692 | 23,742 |
Fawei (141) may also be a first name.
Fawei Last Name Facts
Where Does The Last Name Fawei Come From? nationality or country of origin
Fawei is carried by more people in Nigeria than any other country/territory. It can also be rendered in the variant forms:. For other potential spellings of this name click here.
How Common Is The Last Name Fawei? popularity and diffusion
Fawei is the 728,955th most prevalent family name world-wide. It is borne by around 1 in 18,310,417 people. This surname occurs predominantly in Africa, where 93 percent of Fawei are found; 93 percent are found in West Africa and 93 percent are found in Atlantic-Niger Africa. It is also the 778,371st most prevalent first name globally, held by 141 people.
Fawei is most commonly used in Nigeria, where it is carried by 369 people, or 1 in 480,062. In Nigeria Fawei is primarily found in: Bayelsa, where 93 percent are found, Rivers, where 4 percent are found and Lagos, where 1 percent are found. Barring Nigeria Fawei is found in 4 countries. It is also common in Papua New Guinea, where 7 percent are found and Cameroon, where 0 percent are found.
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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 Fawei
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