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
The surname Façanha occurs more in Brazil more than any other country/territory. It may appear as:. For other possible spellings of this last name click here.
How Common Is The Last Name Façanha? popularity and diffusion
This surname is the 841,044th most frequently occurring family name throughout the world, held by around 1 in 22,286,073 people. This last name is primarily found in The Americas, where 85 percent of Façanha live; 83 percent live in South America and 83 percent live in Luso-South America.
The surname Façanha is most frequent in Brazil, where it is borne by 270 people, or 1 in 792,868. In Brazil Façanha is most numerous in: Ceará, where 46 percent reside, São Paulo, where 17 percent reside and Rio de Janeiro, where 9 percent reside. Apart from Brazil Façanha occurs in 6 countries. It also occurs in Portugal, where 14 percent reside and The United States, where 2 percent reside.
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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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