Fuao Surname

1,649,806th
Most Common
surname in the World

Approximately 121 people bear this surname

Most prevalent in:
Papua New Guinea
Highest density in:
Papua New Guinea

Fuao Surname

The meaning of this surname is not listed.

Fuao Surname Distribution Map

PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
Papua New Guinea771:105,89214,318
Brazil431:4,978,473128,213
United States11:362,458,9331,988,048

Fuao (449) may also be a first name.

Fuao Last Name Facts

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

The last name Fuao is found in Papua New Guinea more than any other country/territory. It can occur as:. Click here for other potential spellings of this name.

How Common Is The Last Name Fuao? popularity and diffusion

This surname is the 1,649,806th most common surname at a global level It is held by around 1 in 60,227,652 people. Fuao is mostly found in Oceania, where 64 percent of Fuao are found; 64 percent are found in Oceania Islands and 64 percent are found in Papuan Oceania. It is also the 403,949th most commonly used given name internationally. It is borne by 449 people.

This surname is most commonly used in Papua New Guinea, where it is carried by 77 people, or 1 in 105,892. In Papua New Guinea Fuao is most common in: Morobe, where 48 percent live, Chimbu, where 34 percent live and Eastern Highlands, where 17 percent live. Other than Papua New Guinea it exists in 2 countries. It is also found in Brazil, where 36 percent live and The United States, where 1 percent live.

Phonetically Similar Names

SurnameSimilarityWorldwide IncidencePrevalency
Fuaoa892/
Fuaao891/
Fouhao801/
Buao75138/
Fuoo752/
Fuoa752/
Fwao751/
Fuoad67315/
Phuao6769/
Fuaau6712/
Buaho676/
Buaou675/
Fuoas671/
Vuaho671/

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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 Fuao
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