Faña Surname

420,906th
Most Common
surname in the World

Approximately 824 people bear this surname

Most prevalent in:
Dominican Republic
Highest density in:
Dominican Republic

Faña Surname

The meaning of this surname is not listed.

Faña Surname Distribution Map

PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
Dominican Republic7091:14,7151,081
Spain1041:449,53923,540
Panama41:978,06412,245
United States31:120,819,6441,331,040
Venezuela21:15,102,03869,873
Costa Rica11:4,780,06913,345
Puerto Rico11:3,550,1399,109

The alternate forms: Fana (13,765), Fană (2), Fanã (1) & Fanà (1) are calculated separately.

Faña (181) may also be a first name.

Faña Last Name Facts

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

The surname Faña occurs more in The Dominican Republic more than any other country or territory. It may also occur as: Fana, Fană, Fanã or Fanà. Click here to see other potential spellings of this surname.

How Common Is The Last Name Faña? popularity and diffusion

This last name is the 420,906th most commonly occurring surname throughout the world, held by around 1 in 8,844,109 people. Faña is primarily found in The Americas, where 87 percent of Faña are found; 86 percent are found in Caribbean and 86 percent are found in Hispano-Caribbean. Faña is also the 677,199th most frequent first name world-wide, held by 181 people.

This surname is most widely held in The Dominican Republic, where it is carried by 709 people, or 1 in 14,715. Excluding The Dominican Republic this surname occurs in 6 countries. It also occurs in Spain, where 13 percent reside and Panama, where 0 percent reside.

Phonetically Similar Names

SurnameSimilarityWorldwide IncidencePrevalency
Fana9213,765/
Fañas89236/
Faiña8923/
Faíña892/
Fană832/
Fanã831/
Fanà831/
Fauñas801/
Faño751/
Fanja675,446/
Fanai674,037/
Faina673,076/
Fanga672,276/
Fania672,272/
Fanna671,743/
Fatna671,252/
Fanea671,176/
Fanat67980/
Fanha67720/
Fanah67594/
Fanya67460/
Fanaj67454/
Faana67406/
Fanas67288/
Fanay67227/
Fagna67185/
Fanap67163/
Fauna67147/
Fasna67126/
Fajna6792/
Fayna6773/
Fanau6759/
Fahna6753/
Fanaz6730/
Fanad6718/
Fanaa6716/
Faños6712/
Veaña677/
Fañgo675/
Feaño674/
Fañio674/
Faïna673/
Feana672/
Faína671/
Faîna671/
Fanaś671/
Famêa671/
Fonaa671/
Famja670/

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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 Faña
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