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 is more commonly found in Nigeria than any other country or territory. It can be found as:. Click here for other potential spellings of this name.
How Common Is The Last Name Faweya? popularity and diffusion
The surname is the 557,062nd most commonly used last name in the world, borne by around 1 in 12,762,777 people. This surname occurs predominantly in Africa, where 98 percent of Faweya reside; 98 percent reside in West Africa and 98 percent reside in Atlantic-Niger Africa. It is also the 2,608,198th most frequently used first name on earth, borne by 18 people.
The last name is most widely held in Nigeria, where it is held by 558 people, or 1 in 317,460. In Nigeria Faweya is primarily concentrated in: Ekiti, where 75 percent live, Oyo, where 6 percent live and Lagos, where 6 percent live. Besides Nigeria this surname exists in 4 countries. It also occurs in The United States, where 1 percent live and England, where 1 percent live.
Faweya Last Name Statistics demography
The religious adherence of those carrying the Faweya surname is principally 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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