Fakala Surname
Approximately 32 people bear this surname
Fakala Surname Distribution Map
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| Cameroon | 18 | 1:1,153,837 | 70,128 |
| South Africa | 5 | 1:10,835,541 | 204,227 |
| United States | 3 | 1:120,819,644 | 1,331,040 |
| Bulgaria | 1 | 1:6,978,905 | 86,260 |
| Cyprus | 1 | 1:884,876 | 13,055 |
| DR Congo | 1 | 1:73,879,570 | 260,543 |
| Papua New Guinea | 1 | 1:8,153,717 | 181,784 |
| Slovakia | 1 | 1:5,336,450 | 140,422 |
| Solomon Islands | 1 | 1:580,029 | 22,243 |
Fakala (35) may also be a first name.
Fakala Last Name Facts
Where Does The Last Name Fakala Come From? nationality or country of origin
The surname Fakala (Marathi: फकला) has its highest incidence in Cameroon. It may appear in the variant forms:. For other possible spellings of this last name click here.
How Common Is The Last Name Fakala? popularity and diffusion
Fakala is the 3,485,539th most commonly held last name internationally, held by approximately 1 in 227,735,810 people. Fakala is mostly found in Africa, where 75 percent of Fakala live; 56 percent live in West Africa and 50 percent live in Chadic Africa. It is also the 1,744,716th most prevalent forename internationally. It is borne by 35 people.
The last name is most widely held in Cameroon, where it is carried by 18 people, or 1 in 1,153,837. In Cameroon Fakala is most frequent in: Far North Region, where 94 percent are found and North Region, where 6 percent are found. Not including Cameroon this surname is found in 8 countries. It is also common in South Africa, where 16 percent are found and The United States, where 9 percent are found.
Phonetically Similar Names
Fakala Name Transliterations
| Transliteration | ICU Latin | Percentage of Incidence |
|---|---|---|
| Fakala in the Marathi language | ||
| फकला | phakala | - |
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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
- Similar: Names listed in the "Similar" section are phonetically similar and may not have any relation to Fakala
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