Family name فانوس (فانوس 
, Vanus 
, Fanous 
) , all around the world, is quite a common last name. The cognomen فانوس is characteristic of Lebanon, where it is quite a rare surname, Egypt, and Syria. Measured by absolute frequency, it most frequently occurs in Egypt, Sudan, and Syria. Likewise, فانوس is the forename as well as the last name.
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| فانوس | Iran, Jordan, Iraq, Syria, Egypt |
| Vanus | Thailand, Myanmar, Canada, United States, Indonesia |
| Fanous | Sudan, Syria, United States, Egypt, Lebanon |
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استر فانوس Egyptian suffragette and women's rights activist (1895-1990), EG (b. 1895) |
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| ايزاك فانوس Egyptian artist & scholar (1919-2007), EG (b. 1919) |
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| وجيه فانوس Lebanese literary critic, academic and researcher (1948–2022), LB (b. 1948) |
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| لورنس فانوس Jordanian triathlete, JO (b. 1985) |
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