Færø Surname
Approximately 166 people bear this surname
Færø Surname Distribution Map
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| Norway | 128 | 1:40,174 | 5,714 |
| Faroe Islands | 30 | 1:1,633 | 192 |
| Denmark | 7 | 1:806,388 | 43,211 |
| United States | 1 | 1:362,458,933 | 1,988,048 |
The alternate forms: Fr (1,678) are calculated separately.
Færø Demographics
Average Færø Salary in
Norway
394,291 kr
Per year
Average Salary in
Norway
346,080 kr
Per year
Færø Last Name Facts
Where Does The Last Name Færø Come From? nationality or country of origin
Færø is held by more people in Norway than any other country or territory. It can be rendered in the variant forms: Fr. For other possible spellings of this name click here.
How Common Is The Last Name Færø? popularity and diffusion
This surname is the 1,343,156th most frequently held last name on a worldwide basis, held by approximately 1 in 43,900,879 people. The last name Færø occurs predominantly in Europe, where 99 percent of Færø live; 99 percent live in Northern Europe and 99 percent live in Scandinavia.
This surname is most commonly held in Norway, where it is carried by 128 people, or 1 in 40,174. In Norway it is most common in: Western Norway, where 62 percent reside, Eastern Norway, where 24 percent reside and Central Norway, where 11 percent reside. Other than Norway Færø occurs in 3 countries. It is also common in The Faroe Islands, where 18 percent reside and Denmark, where 4 percent reside.
Færø Last Name Statistics demography
Færø earn somewhat more than the average income. In Norway they earn 13.93% more than the national average, earning 394,291 kr per year.
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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 Færø
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