Fafolu Surname
Approximately 48 people bear this surname
Fafolu Surname Distribution Map
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| Nigeria | 41 | 1:4,320,555 | 118,938 |
| England | 6 | 1:9,286,343 | 223,652 |
| Canada | 1 | 1:36,845,591 | 464,108 |
Fafolu Last Name Facts
Where Does The Last Name Fafolu Come From? nationality or country of origin
Fafolu has its highest incidence in Nigeria. It may appear as:. For other potential spellings of Fafolu click here.
How Common Is The Last Name Fafolu? popularity and diffusion
Fafolu is the 2,808,717th most commonly held surname on a global scale, held by approximately 1 in 151,823,873 people. The last name is predominantly found in Africa, where 85 percent of Fafolu are found; 85 percent are found in West Africa and 85 percent are found in Atlantic-Niger Africa.
The last name is most commonly held in Nigeria, where it is borne by 41 people, or 1 in 4,320,555. In Nigeria it is mostly found in: Lagos, where 63 percent live, Ogun, where 24 percent live and Ondo, where 12 percent live. Not including Nigeria Fafolu occurs in 2 countries. It also occurs in England, where 13 percent live and Canada, where 2 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
- 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 Fafolu
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