Le Faou Surname
Approximately 983 people bear this surname
Le Faou Surname Distribution Map
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| France | 945 | 1:70,289 | 9,801 |
| England | 17 | 1:3,277,533 | 109,658 |
| Belgium | 7 | 1:1,642,378 | 98,400 |
| Canada | 3 | 1:12,281,864 | 364,614 |
| United States | 3 | 1:120,819,644 | 1,331,040 |
| Brazil | 2 | 1:107,037,166 | 1,031,150 |
| China | 2 | 1:683,660,783 | 30,601 |
| French Polynesia | 1 | 1:280,805 | 7,211 |
| Germany | 1 | 1:80,505,459 | 560,955 |
| Netherlands | 1 | 1:16,887,176 | 156,465 |
| Scotland | 1 | 1:5,353,817 | 63,002 |
| Switzerland | 1 | 1:8,212,915 | 156,297 |
| Taiwan | 1 | 1:23,444,746 | 93,622 |
| Thailand | 1 | 1:70,638,345 | 1,175,915 |
Le Faou Last Name Facts
Where Does The Last Name Le Faou Come From? nationality or country of origin
Le Faou is found most frequently in France. It may also appear in the variant forms:. For other potential spellings of this last name click here.
How Common Is The Last Name Le Faou? popularity and diffusion
This last name is the 366,594th most frequently held last name at a global level. It is borne by approximately 1 in 7,413,577 people. This surname is predominantly found in Europe, where 99 percent of Le Faou live; 97 percent live in Western Europe and 97 percent live in Gallo-Europe.
Le Faou is most frequent in France, where it is borne by 945 people, or 1 in 70,289. In France it is primarily found in: Brittany, where 56 percent live, Île-de-France, where 17 percent live and Pays de la Loire, where 6 percent live. Aside from France Le Faou is found in 13 countries. It is also found in England, where 2 percent live and Belgium, where 1 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
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