Fereji Surname
Approximately 444 people bear this surname
Fereji Surname Distribution Map
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| Tanzania | 425 | 1:124,569 | 11,765 |
| Kenya | 14 | 1:3,298,564 | 38,706 |
| United States | 3 | 1:120,819,644 | 1,331,040 |
| China | 1 | 1:1,367,321,566 | 51,149 |
| Somalia | 1 | 1:13,452,061 | 9,224 |
Fereji (120) may also be a first name.
Fereji Last Name Facts
Where Does The Last Name Fereji Come From? nationality or country of origin
Fereji occurs more in Tanzania more than any other country/territory. It can be rendered in the variant forms:. Click here for other potential spellings of this last name.
How Common Is The Last Name Fereji? popularity and diffusion
The surname is the 672,867th most frequently occurring family name in the world, borne by around 1 in 16,413,392 people. The surname Fereji occurs mostly in Africa, where 99 percent of Fereji live; 99 percent live in East Africa and 99 percent live in East Bantu Africa. Fereji is also the 852,104th most commonly occurring forename world-wide It is held by 120 people.
This surname is most commonly occurring in Tanzania, where it is held by 425 people, or 1 in 124,569. In Tanzania it is most prevalent in: Dar es Salaam Region, where 42 percent live, Tanga Region, where 28 percent live and Mbeya Region, where 15 percent live. Other than Tanzania this surname is found in 4 countries. It is also common in Kenya, where 3 percent live and The United States, where 1 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
- 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 Fereji
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