Fax Surname

625,459th
Most Common
surname in the World

Approximately 490 people bear this surname

Most prevalent in:
Egypt
Highest density in:
Egypt

Fax Surname

The meaning of this surname is not listed.

Fax Surname Distribution Map

PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
Egypt1531:600,88732,813
Philippines1271:797,15176,551
South Africa791:685,79449,549
Germany781:1,032,12170,345
Sweden121:820,56361,223
Mexico91:13,791,80145,470
Papua New Guinea71:1,164,817109,517
Switzerland61:1,368,81977,571
England51:11,143,612252,590
Taiwan21:11,722,37363,559
Nicaragua21:3,010,5457,383
Pakistan11:178,643,885213,220
Tanzania11:52,941,613123,716
Somalia11:13,452,0619,224
Panama11:3,912,25817,195
Brazil11:214,074,3321,693,628
Morocco11:34,476,099111,471
Malaysia11:29,494,225409,885
Jamaica11:2,869,94713,896
Croatia11:4,228,60499,289
China11:1,367,321,56651,149
PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
England301:812,51235,970
PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
United States2511:200,07417,416

Fax (193) may also be a first name.

Fax Last Name Facts

Where Does The Last Name Fax Come From? nationality or country of origin

The surname Fax occurs more in Egypt more than any other country or territory. It can occur in the variant forms:. Click here for other potential spellings of this name.

How Common Is The Last Name Fax? popularity and diffusion

This last name is the 625,459th most frequently held last name globally It is held by approximately 1 in 14,872,543 people. The surname occurs mostly in Africa, where 48 percent of Fax are found; 31 percent are found in North Africa and 31 percent are found in Arabic North Africa. It is also the 653,740th most widespread first name world-wide It is held by 193 people.

Fax is most prevalent in Egypt, where it is carried by 153 people, or 1 in 600,887. Outside of Egypt Fax exists in 20 countries. It also occurs in The Philippines, where 26 percent live and South Africa, where 16 percent live.

Fax Family Population Trend historical fluctuation

The incidence of Fax has changed over time. In England the number of people who held the Fax surname contracted 83 percent between 1881 and 2014.

Fax Last Name Statistics demography

Fax earn less than half the average income. In South Africa they earn 59.35% less than the national average, earning R 96,600 per year.

Phonetically Similar Names

SurnameSimilarityWorldwide IncidencePrevalency
Faux865,591/
Faix861,157/
Faxe86130/
Fajx8613/
Faxå8611/
Faxx8611/
Faxø8611/
Faex869/
Faxz866/
Feax865/
Faxh862/
Fadx862/
Wfax861/
Fagx861/
Fanx861/
Fazx861/
Faxp861/
Faxs861/
Faax860/
Fahx860/
Feaux7537/
Fauxt7515/
Faxøe7513/
Faixe7511/
Fahax751/
Fauxs751/
Fausx751/
Faatx751/
Fackx750/
Fox67340,653/
Faz6710,429/
Fas671,643/
Fak671,513/
Fex671,093/
Faß67967/
Fac67867/
Faj67289/
Vax67221/
Faq67124/
Fag6772/
Faç678/
Faxová676/
Fóx671/
Fać671/

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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 Fax
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