Ferej Surname
Approximately 3,779 people bear this surname
Ferej Surname Distribution Map
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| Ethiopia | 3,542 | 1:27,540 | 3,358 |
| Tanzania | 185 | 1:286,171 | 22,318 |
| Sweden | 25 | 1:393,870 | 27,867 |
| Saudi Arabia | 9 | 1:3,428,424 | 32,607 |
| Norway | 4 | 1:1,285,572 | 69,185 |
| England | 3 | 1:18,572,686 | 338,250 |
| Canada | 2 | 1:18,422,796 | 409,488 |
| India | 2 | 1:383,532,691 | 1,645,216 |
| Kenya | 2 | 1:23,089,950 | 83,168 |
| United States | 2 | 1:181,229,466 | 1,556,795 |
| Iceland | 1 | 1:380,090 | 11,096 |
| Poland | 1 | 1:38,008,749 | 231,653 |
| Slovakia | 1 | 1:5,336,450 | 140,422 |
Ferej (2,477) may also be a first name.
Ferej Last Name Facts
Where Does The Last Name Ferej Come From? nationality or country of origin
The surname Ferej (Marathi: फेरोेज) is most common in Ethiopia. It can also be found in the variant forms:. For other potential spellings of this name click here.
How Common Is The Last Name Ferej? popularity and diffusion
This surname is the 121,226th most frequently held last name on a global scale It is held by around 1 in 1,928,432 people. This surname is primarily found in Africa, where 99 percent of Ferej live; 99 percent live in East Africa and 94 percent live in Ethiosemitic Africa. Ferej is also the 148,421st most frequently occurring first name world-wide, held by 2,477 people.
This surname is most widely held in Ethiopia, where it is carried by 3,542 people, or 1 in 27,540. Without taking into account Ethiopia this surname exists in 12 countries. It also occurs in Tanzania, where 5 percent are found and Sweden, where 1 percent are found.
Phonetically Similar Names
Ferej Name Transliterations
| Transliteration | ICU Latin | Percentage of Incidence |
|---|---|---|
| Ferej in the Marathi language | ||
| फेरोेज | pheroeja | 37.5 |
| फेरेज | phereja | 37.5 |
| फेराेज | pheraeja | 25 |
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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 Ferej
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