Fayssal Surname
Approximately 530 people bear this surname
Fayssal Surname Distribution Map
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| Morocco | 443 | 1:77,824 | 13,257 |
| Cameroon | 40 | 1:519,227 | 41,500 |
| United States | 7 | 1:51,779,848 | 968,877 |
| Brazil | 5 | 1:42,814,866 | 547,158 |
| France | 5 | 1:13,284,544 | 357,392 |
| Algeria | 5 | 1:7,726,310 | 57,379 |
| Canada | 4 | 1:9,211,398 | 321,528 |
| Tunisia | 4 | 1:152,656 | 17,743 |
| Switzerland | 3 | 1:2,737,638 | 105,941 |
| Lebanon | 2 | 1:2,818,542 | 25,087 |
| Mali | 1 | 1:16,969,035 | 4,067 |
| United Arab Emirates | 1 | 1:9,162,273 | 135,437 |
| Sweden | 1 | 1:9,846,757 | 347,448 |
| Spain | 1 | 1:46,752,036 | 156,870 |
| Qatar | 1 | 1:2,357,999 | 76,403 |
| Niger | 1 | 1:19,192,017 | 110,060 |
| Mauritania | 1 | 1:4,094,863 | 38,869 |
| Egypt | 1 | 1:91,935,754 | 132,737 |
| Denmark | 1 | 1:5,644,715 | 93,155 |
| Cyprus | 1 | 1:884,876 | 13,055 |
| Belgium | 1 | 1:11,496,644 | 167,539 |
| Armenia | 1 | 1:2,930,180 | 22,770 |
Fayssal (8,272) may also be a first name.
Fayssal Last Name Facts
Where Does The Last Name Fayssal Come From? nationality or country of origin
The last name Fayssal (Hassaniya-Arabic: ﻓﻴﺼﻞ) occurs most in Morocco. It may occur as a variant:. For other potential spellings of this surname click here.
How Common Is The Last Name Fayssal? popularity and diffusion
The surname is the 589,215th most commonly held family name on a global scale, held by approximately 1 in 13,750,087 people. The surname occurs predominantly in Africa, where 94 percent of Fayssal reside; 85 percent reside in North Africa and 85 percent reside in Mahgreb. It is also the 69,546th most frequently held first name at a global level, held by 8,272 people.
Fayssal is most common in Morocco, where it is borne by 443 people, or 1 in 77,824. Aside from Morocco this surname occurs in 21 countries. It is also common in Cameroon, where 8 percent reside and The United States, where 1 percent reside.
Phonetically Similar Names
Fayssal Name Transliterations
| Transliteration | ICU Latin | Percentage of Incidence |
|---|---|---|
| Fayssal in the Hassaniya-Arabic language | ||
| ﻓﻴﺼﻞ | fysl | - |
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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
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- 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 Fayssal
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