Falalan Surname

6,063,924th
Most Common
surname in the World

Approximately 10 people bear this surname

Most prevalent in:
Niger
Highest density in:
Niger

Falalan Surname

The meaning of this surname is not listed.

Falalan Surname Distribution Map

PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
Niger51:3,838,40364,195
Nigeria41:44,285,690437,567
Philippines11:101,238,223404,861

Falalan Last Name Facts

Where Does The Last Name Falalan Come From? nationality or country of origin

Falalan is carried by more people in Niger than any other country/territory. It may occur in the variant forms:. Click here for further possible spellings of Falalan.

How Common Is The Last Name Falalan? popularity and diffusion

The surname is the 6,063,924th most commonly occurring surname world-wide It is held by around 1 in 728,754,592 people. The surname occurs mostly in Africa, where 90 percent of Falalan live; 90 percent live in West Africa and 50 percent live in Chadic Africa.

The surname Falalan is most prevalent in Niger, where it is borne by 5 people, or 1 in 3,838,403. In Niger it is most numerous in: Agadez Region, where 100 percent are found. Not including Niger Falalan occurs in 2 countries. It is also found in Nigeria, where 40 percent are found and The Philippines, where 10 percent are found.

Phonetically Similar Names

SurnameSimilarityWorldwide IncidencePrevalency
Falolan8615/
Folalan861/
Valalan861/
Falalon861/
Folalian801/
Falolane801/
Valaulan801/
Vallalan801/
Fatlalon801/
Faloulyan754/
Valolan7111/
Falolon712/
Velalan712/
Fatlolon67204/
Valelian67136/
Valelean671/
Vallélian63299/
Vallelian63125/
Fallahlam638/
Velalahan633/
Vaillalon631/
Fatlolonn631/
Ffatlolon631/
Phalalong631/
Felelon571/
Folaloum533/
Velallion501/

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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 Falalan
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