Façanha Surname
Approximately 327 people bear this surname
Façanha Surname Distribution Map
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| Brazil | 270 | 1:792,868 | 28,787 |
| Portugal | 47 | 1:221,665 | 8,706 |
| United States | 5 | 1:72,491,787 | 1,102,614 |
| Ecuador | 2 | 1:7,952,923 | 34,269 |
| Scotland | 1 | 1:5,353,817 | 63,002 |
| Spain | 1 | 1:46,752,036 | 156,870 |
| United Arab Emirates | 1 | 1:9,162,273 | 135,437 |
Façanha Last Name Facts
Where Does The Last Name Façanha Come From? nationality or country of origin
Façanha is held by more people in Brazil than any other country/territory. It may occur as:. For other potential spellings of Façanha click here.
How Common Is The Last Name Façanha? popularity and diffusion
Façanha is the 841,044th most frequently occurring surname world-wide, held by around 1 in 22,286,073 people. The surname Façanha is mostly found in The Americas, where 85 percent of Façanha reside; 83 percent reside in South America and 83 percent reside in Luso-South America.
This last name is most frequently occurring in Brazil, where it is held by 270 people, or 1 in 792,868. In Brazil Façanha is most numerous in: Ceará, where 46 percent live, São Paulo, where 17 percent live and Rio de Janeiro, where 9 percent live. Beside Brazil it occurs in 6 countries. It is also common in Portugal, where 14 percent live and The United States, where 2 percent live.
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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 Façanha
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