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 found most frequently in Nigeria. It may be found as:. For other potential spellings of Fawei click here.
How Common Is The Last Name Fawei? popularity and diffusion
The last name is the 728,955th most common family name throughout the world, held by around 1 in 18,310,417 people. The last name is mostly found 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 commonly used first name on earth, borne by 141 people.
This last name is most frequently occurring in Nigeria, where it is held by 369 people, or 1 in 480,062. In Nigeria it is primarily concentrated in: Bayelsa, where 93 percent reside, Rivers, where 4 percent reside and Lagos, where 1 percent reside. Other than Nigeria it occurs in 4 countries. It is also found in Papua New Guinea, where 7 percent reside and Cameroon, where 0 percent reside.
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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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