Fyama Surname
Approximately 1,320 people bear this surname
Fyama Surname Distribution Map
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| DR Congo | 1,307 | 1:56,526 | 6,771 |
| Nigeria | 11 | 1:16,103,887 | 259,204 |
| Burkina Faso | 1 | 1:18,352,100 | 30,051 |
| South Africa | 1 | 1:54,177,704 | 343,732 |
Fyama (225) may also be a first name.
Fyama Last Name Facts
Where Does The Last Name Fyama Come From? nationality or country of origin
The last name Fyama occurs most in The DR Congo. It can be found as a variant:. For other possible spellings of this surname click here.
How Common Is The Last Name Fyama? popularity and diffusion
It is the 290,184th most frequently used family name in the world. It is borne by around 1 in 5,520,868 people. This last name occurs predominantly in Africa, where 100 percent of Fyama live; 99 percent live in Central Africa and 99 percent live in Central Bantu Africa. It is also the 599,828th most widespread forename at a global level, borne by 225 people.
This last name is most commonly occurring in The DR Congo, where it is borne by 1,307 people, or 1 in 56,526. Aside from The DR Congo this last name exists in 3 countries. It is also common in Nigeria, where 1 percent live and Burkina Faso, where 0 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
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- 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 Fyama
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