Festos Surname

3,798,600th
Most Common
surname in the World

Approximately 27 people bear this surname

Most prevalent in:
Nigeria
Highest density in:
Cameroon

Festos Surname

The meaning of this surname is not listed.

Festos Surname Distribution Map

PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
Nigeria171:10,420,162203,261
Cameroon61:3,461,511126,814
Greece11:11,079,790145,225
Russia11:144,123,056881,408
Spain11:46,752,036156,870
United States11:362,458,9331,988,048

Festos (89) may also be a first name.

Festos Last Name Facts

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

The last name Festos (Russian: Фестос) is more frequently found in Nigeria than any other country or territory. It can also be rendered in the variant forms:. Click here to see other possible spellings of this last name.

How Common Is The Last Name Festos? popularity and diffusion

The surname is the 3,798,600th most common last name in the world, held by around 1 in 269,909,108 people. The surname occurs mostly in Africa, where 85 percent of Festos reside; 63 percent reside in West Africa and 63 percent reside in Atlantic-Niger Africa. Festos is also the 1,011,231st most commonly used first name globally, held by 89 people.

Festos is most commonly occurring in Nigeria, where it is carried by 17 people, or 1 in 10,420,162. In Nigeria it is most prevalent in: Bayelsa, where 41 percent are found, Ondo, where 29 percent are found and Lagos, where 18 percent are found. Other than Nigeria this last name occurs in 5 countries. It also occurs in Cameroon, where 22 percent are found and Greece, where 4 percent are found.

Phonetically Similar Names

SurnameSimilarityWorldwide IncidencePrevalency
Festous926/
Festhos924/
Festo9122,531/
Festus8331,832/
Festas831,270/
Festoc83342/
Fistos83132/
Festou83101/
Fiesto8324/
Feitos8311/
Fetous837/
Fetosh833/
Vestos832/
Festho831/
Fastos831/
Feto802,930/
Fiestas7716,111/
Festuot7761/
Feastus7719/
Fettous7713/
Festuse775/
Faistos775/
Feitose772/
Feitoss772/
Festeus771/
Festtus771/
Feitosz771/
Ffestus771/
Feustus771/
Feistot770/
Festa7322,245/
Feito734,209/
Fetou732,035/
Fetoh731,977/
Fitos731,030/
Fetto73367/
Fetgo73339/
Vesto73211/
Vetos73150/
Fetoo73122/
Fisto73100/
Fetot73100/
Feuto7373/
Feyto7329/
Fieto7317/
Fytos735/
Fejto735/
Fetho734/
Fetoš731/
Fetosova712/
Feastaus711/
Fetouh675,368/
Fiesta674,727/
Phesto67575/
Festeu67353/
Vetois67216/
Fettou67137/
Fetoot67130/
Fistoc67130/
Vettos67128/
Foitos6793/
Vastos6781/
Vestas6777/
Vistos6768/
Fetouz6761/
Festaz6750/
Faitos6748/
Vetosh6743/
Feytou6739/
Fetuot6739/
Viesto6735/
Feshta6735/
Fistas6733/
Fietho6723/
Fietto6722/
Fittos6719/
Vestus6716/
Veisto6713/
Festac679/
Vietos676/
Feitoo675/
Festta675/
Fiotos674/
Feutoh674/
Fetohe674/
Fettoh674/
Fistus673/
Fetgou673/
Feitoa673/
Fixtos672/
Feituo672/
Feitoz671/
Festad671/
Fethou671/
Festuz671/
Festah671/
Fietoh671/
Feutoi671/
Festaa671/
Fetoud671/
Fetoux671/
Fetuoh671/
Fistou671/
Fistoș671/
Fetass671/
Vetoos671/
Feista671/
Fetoyh671/
Fuitos670/

Festos Name Transliterations

TransliterationICU LatinPercentage of Incidence
Festos in the Russian language
Фестосfestos-

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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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  • 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 Festos
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