Faya is used as a family name or surname in Tanzania. It is 4 characters long in length.

Family Name / Last Name: Faya
No. of characters: 4
Origin: Tanzania
Meaning: Currently, no meaning found for Faya

How popular is Faya?

Faya is common in Tanzania.

Faya is ranked 51677 on our list.

Despite the fact that the number of Faya bearers increased by 1.626016 per cent in 2010 US census to 125 since 2000, the surname slipped by 6764 spots and ranked at 134712. The last name was found in around 0 per 1 million population. Please refer to following table for race and ethnicity.

Race 2010 2000
Hispanic or Latino 72 55.28
White 20.8 35.77
Black 6.4 7.32
Faya is quite popular family name mostly used in Togo while Sierra Leone is ahead in terms of density. Around 9147 people have been found who wears Faya as their family name. Faya is used widely across the globe. More detailed information can be found below:
RankCountryCount
Countries with very very low frequency i.e., 1 - 10:
742 Yemen7
2,527 Maldives6
22,232 Morocco3
32,472 Azerbaijan3
14,126 Colombia3
52,939 United Arab Emirates2
20,035 Uzbekistan2
40,064 Nigeria2
384 Guinea2
118,441 Germany2
20,186 Kenya2
144,523 Kazakhstan2
11,224 Cameroon2
1,753 Cuba2
17,236 Ghana1
28,746 Algeria1
38,063 Mauritania1
9,498 Iceland1
3,214 Niger1
289,511 England1
66,560 Philippines1
8,500 Dominican Republic1
26,040 Trinidad and Tobago1
91,024 Belgium1
37,493 Austria1
29,595 Iran1
8,859 Iraq1
31,207 Ireland1
2,724 New Caledonia1
21,562 Portugal1
2,040 Mali1
16,073 Latvia1
5,589 Sudan1
3,243 Suriname1
77,122 Sweden1
5,553 Taiwan1
11,831 Tajikistan1
6,212 Jamaica1
9,926 Ivory Coast1
18,969 Wales1
49,529 Israel1
6,820 Angola1
Countries with very low frequency i.e., 10 - 50:
387,178 India23
153,005 Ukraine22
124,653 Canada20
69,202 Netherlands18
4,554 Senegal14
Countries with low frequency i.e., 50 - 100:
89,866 Indonesia90
129,319 Russia83
Countries with hundreds of Faya:
4,301 Peru641
12,159 Argentina448
11,183 Spain325
10,478 Saudi Arabia308
14,022 Mexico288
39,161 Brazil286
37,175 France269
22,865 South Africa256
149,488 United States136
15,819 Zimbabwe111
Countries with thousands of Faya:
486 Togo2,057
343 Sierra Leone2,006
3,096 Tanzania1,678
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Immigrants to US

From Italy

35 years old laborer Alfonso Faya who was residing in Torella, Italy migrated to New York on April 1, 1893 by Colombo put out from Naples.

Comments

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Alberta Halle
 Faya is a family name, a diminutive of fay, topographic name represents the Latin fageas beech, with sense of beech forest, domain name became surname.

Faya Namesakes

  • Ashraf Fayadh, Poet
  • Anuar Fayad, Victoria Ruffo's son
  • Ashraf Fayadh, Poet
  • Pouria Fayazi, Volleyball player
  • Bassam R. Fayad, Mathematician
  • Bassem Fayad, Cinematographer
  • Bassem Fayad, Cinematographer
  • Fredo Faya, Musical Artist
  • Silvestre Faya Viesca, Mexican Politician
  • Jah Faya, Musical Artist

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