Faña Surname
Approximately 824 people bear this surname
Faña Surname Distribution Map
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| Dominican Republic | 709 | 1:14,715 | 1,081 |
| Spain | 104 | 1:449,539 | 23,540 |
| Panama | 4 | 1:978,064 | 12,245 |
| United States | 3 | 1:120,819,644 | 1,331,040 |
| Venezuela | 2 | 1:15,102,038 | 69,873 |
| Costa Rica | 1 | 1:4,780,069 | 13,345 |
| Puerto Rico | 1 | 1:3,550,139 | 9,109 |
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
| Surname | Similarity | Worldwide Incidence | Prevalency |
|---|---|---|---|
| Fana | 92 | 13,765 | / |
| Fañas | 89 | 236 | / |
| Faiña | 89 | 23 | / |
| Faíña | 89 | 2 | / |
| Fană | 83 | 2 | / |
| Fanã | 83 | 1 | / |
| Fanà | 83 | 1 | / |
| Fauñas | 80 | 1 | / |
| Faño | 75 | 1 | / |
| Fanja | 67 | 5,446 | / |
| Fanai | 67 | 4,037 | / |
| Faina | 67 | 3,076 | / |
| Fanga | 67 | 2,276 | / |
| Fania | 67 | 2,272 | / |
| Fanna | 67 | 1,743 | / |
| Fatna | 67 | 1,252 | / |
| Fanea | 67 | 1,176 | / |
| Fanat | 67 | 980 | / |
| Fanha | 67 | 720 | / |
| Fanah | 67 | 594 | / |
| Fanya | 67 | 460 | / |
| Fanaj | 67 | 454 | / |
| Faana | 67 | 406 | / |
| Fanas | 67 | 288 | / |
| Fanay | 67 | 227 | / |
| Fagna | 67 | 185 | / |
| Fanap | 67 | 163 | / |
| Fauna | 67 | 147 | / |
| Fasna | 67 | 126 | / |
| Fajna | 67 | 92 | / |
| Fayna | 67 | 73 | / |
| Fanau | 67 | 59 | / |
| Fahna | 67 | 53 | / |
| Fanaz | 67 | 30 | / |
| Fanad | 67 | 18 | / |
| Fanaa | 67 | 16 | / |
| Faños | 67 | 12 | / |
| Veaña | 67 | 7 | / |
| Fañgo | 67 | 5 | / |
| Feaño | 67 | 4 | / |
| Fañio | 67 | 4 | / |
| Faïna | 67 | 3 | / |
| Feana | 67 | 2 | / |
| Faína | 67 | 1 | / |
| Faîna | 67 | 1 | / |
| Fanaś | 67 | 1 | / |
| Famêa | 67 | 1 | / |
| Fonaa | 67 | 1 | / |
| Famja | 67 | 0 | / |
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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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