Fá Surname

3,485,539th
Most Common
surname in the World

Approximately 32 people bear this surname

Most prevalent in:
Brazil
Highest density in:
Portugal

Fá Surname

The meaning of this surname is not listed.

Fá Surname Distribution Map

PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
Brazil191:11,267,070228,483
Portugal41:2,604,56016,079
United States31:120,819,6441,331,040
Argentina21:21,371,707253,176
Mexico21:62,063,10283,384
Germany11:80,505,459560,955
India11:767,065,3821,851,717

The alternate forms: Fa (36,712), (39), (9) & (1) are calculated separately.

(107) may also be a first name.

Fá Last Name Facts

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

The surname Fá is found in Brazil more than any other country or territory. It may be rendered in the variant forms: Fa, , or . For other potential spellings of this last name click here.

How Common Is The Last Name Fá? popularity and diffusion

It is the 3,485,539th most frequently used last name globally, borne by around 1 in 227,735,810 people. Fá is mostly found in The Americas, where 81 percent of Fá are found; 66 percent are found in South America and 59 percent are found in Luso-South America. Fá is also the 910,230th most commonly occurring forename in the world It is held by 107 people.

Fá is most widely held in Brazil, where it is carried by 19 people, or 1 in 11,267,070. In Brazil Fá is most common in: São Paulo, where 58 percent live, Ceará, where 11 percent live and Minas Gerais, where 11 percent live. Other than Brazil this surname exists in 6 countries. It also occurs in Portugal, where 13 percent live and The United States, where 9 percent live.

Phonetically Similar Names

SurnameSimilarityWorldwide IncidencePrevalency
Fa8336,712/
8339/
839/
831/
Fáy80361/
Fái8035/
Fáč8019/
Foá806/
Fás803/
Fuá802/
Fáh801/
Fát801/
Fáth67224/
Fáis671/
Fájt671/

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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 Fá
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