Faweya Surname
Approximately 571 people bear this surname
Faweya Surname Distribution Map
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| Nigeria | 558 | 1:317,460 | 17,497 |
| United States | 5 | 1:72,491,787 | 1,102,614 |
| England | 4 | 1:13,929,515 | 290,718 |
| Indonesia | 3 | 1:44,083,065 | 698,220 |
| Canada | 1 | 1:36,845,591 | 464,108 |
Faweya (18) may also be a first name.
Faweya Demographics
Faweya Religious Adherence
in Nigeria
Religious Adherence
in Nigeria
Faweya Last Name Facts
Where Does The Last Name Faweya Come From? nationality or country of origin
The surname Faweya occurs most in Nigeria. It may be rendered as a variant:. For other possible spellings of this last name click here.
How Common Is The Last Name Faweya? popularity and diffusion
It is the 557,062nd most frequently held family name world-wide, held by around 1 in 12,762,777 people. The last name Faweya is mostly found in Africa, where 98 percent of Faweya live; 98 percent live in West Africa and 98 percent live in Atlantic-Niger Africa. It is also the 2,608,198th most frequent forename world-wide, borne by 18 people.
It is most common in Nigeria, where it is held by 558 people, or 1 in 317,460. In Nigeria Faweya is most frequent in: Ekiti, where 75 percent are found, Oyo, where 6 percent are found and Lagos, where 6 percent are found. Excluding Nigeria it occurs in 4 countries. It is also common in The United States, where 1 percent are found and England, where 1 percent are found.
Faweya Last Name Statistics demography
The religious devotion of those holding the Faweya surname is predominantly Christian (100%) in Nigeria.
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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 Faweya
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