Falaji Surname
Approximately 40 people bear this surname
Falaji Surname Distribution Map
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| Nigeria | 19 | 1:9,323,303 | 191,560 |
| Iran | 12 | 1:6,398,544 | 138,820 |
| India | 4 | 1:191,766,346 | 1,073,940 |
| DR Congo | 1 | 1:73,879,570 | 260,543 |
| England | 1 | 1:55,718,059 | 489,080 |
| Mozambique | 1 | 1:27,261,569 | 7,432 |
| Tanzania | 1 | 1:52,941,613 | 123,716 |
| Uganda | 1 | 1:39,039,279 | 258,887 |
Falaji (246) may also be a first name.
Falaji Last Name Facts
Where Does The Last Name Falaji Come From? nationality or country of origin
The surname Falaji (Hindi: फलजी, Marathi: फालाजी) is found in Nigeria more than any other country/territory. It may be rendered as:. Click here for further potential spellings of this name.
How Common Is The Last Name Falaji? popularity and diffusion
It is the 3,100,440th most widely held surname world-wide. It is borne by approximately 1 in 182,188,648 people. The surname is mostly found in Africa, where 58 percent of Falaji are found; 48 percent are found in West Africa and 48 percent are found in Atlantic-Niger Africa. It is also the 569,299th most frequently held given name internationally. It is borne by 246 people.
This surname is most commonly held in Nigeria, where it is borne by 19 people, or 1 in 9,323,303. In Nigeria Falaji is primarily concentrated in: Ekiti, where 63 percent live, Ondo, where 26 percent live and Lagos, where 5 percent live. Besides Nigeria this last name occurs in 7 countries. It also occurs in Iran, where 30 percent live and India, where 10 percent live.
Phonetically Similar Names
Falaji Name Transliterations
| Transliteration | ICU Latin | Percentage of Incidence |
|---|---|---|
| Falaji in the Hindi language | ||
| फलजी | phalaji | - |
| Falaji in the Marathi language | ||
| फालाजी | phalaji | 88.73 |
| फलाजी | phalaji | 6.18 |
| फाळाजी | phalaji | 1.27 |
| फालजी | phalaji | 1.09 |
| फलजी | phalaji | 1.09 |
| रामजी | ramaji | 0.36 |
| कामाजी | kamaji | 0.18 |
| बालाजी | balaji | 0.18 |
| हारजी | haraji | 0.18 |
| नबाजी | nabaji | 0.18 |
| साळोजी | saloji | 0.18 |
| जळबाजी | jalabaji | 0.18 |
| सताजी | sataji | 0.18 |
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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 Falaji
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