Falamo Surname

5,812,366th
Most Common
surname in the World

Approximately 11 people bear this surname

Most prevalent in:
Nigeria
Highest density in:
Liberia

Falamo Surname

The meaning of this surname is not listed.

Falamo Surname Distribution Map

PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
Nigeria91:19,682,529291,344
Liberia11:4,408,53547,110
Spain11:46,752,036156,870

Falamo Last Name Facts

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

The last name Falamo is found most frequently in Nigeria. It may also occur as a variant:. For other possible spellings of Falamo click here.

How Common Is The Last Name Falamo? popularity and diffusion

This last name is the 5,812,366th most frequently occurring surname in the world, borne by approximately 1 in 662,504,174 people. This surname is mostly found in Africa, where 91 percent of Falamo live; 91 percent live in West Africa and 82 percent live in Atlantic-Niger Africa.

This surname is most frequent in Nigeria, where it is held by 9 people, or 1 in 19,682,529. In Nigeria it is primarily concentrated in: Lagos, where 56 percent reside and Osun, where 44 percent reside. Without taking into account Nigeria Falamo occurs in 2 countries. It also occurs in Liberia, where 9 percent reside and Spain, where 9 percent reside.

Phonetically Similar Names

SurnameSimilarityWorldwide IncidencePrevalency
Falamou925/
Faalamo921/
Falaimou861/
Falomo831,663/
Falama831,631/
Falemo8328/
Folamo8326/
Valamo8310/
Felamo834/
Falamas77304/
Vaulamo7739/
Vaalamo7731/
Falamat7723/
Vallamo7720/
Fallama779/
Vahlamo779/
Phalamo772/
Faliama772/
Falaima772/
Faluomo772/
Failama772/
Faleemo771/
Felaimo771/
Falamad771/
Valamoh771/
Vailamo771/
Valiamo771/
Falomooh712/
Fallahma711/
Falamaha711/
Falammad711/
Faloma67256/
Folomo6761/
Valama6745/
Folemo6718/
Fallahmad6713/
Falema6713/
Velamo6711/
Felama679/
Felemo674/
Valemo673/
Valomo672/
Felomo672/
Vaulliamo672/

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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 Falamo
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