Frequency: (210)
(number of times this surname appears in a sample database of 88.7 million names, representing one third of the 1997 US population)
Muslim: from a personal name based on Arabic farḥa ‘joy’, ‘glad tidings’. Compare Farah.
GIVEN NAMES: Muslim 16%. Ayham (3), Maen (2), Samer (2), Abdel, Abdul, Aisha, Amjad, Fayez, Hassan, Ihsan, Issa, Jamal.
See the Key to the Dictionary or consult the General Introduction for further explanation.
