Falashe Surname
Approximately 29 people bear this surname
Falashe Surname Distribution Map
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| Nigeria | 27 | 1:6,560,843 | 154,927 |
| India | 2 | 1:383,532,691 | 1,645,216 |
Falashe Last Name Facts
Where Does The Last Name Falashe Come From? nationality or country of origin
The surname Falashe is found most in Nigeria. It may also occur as:. Click here for other potential spellings of this surname.
How Common Is The Last Name Falashe? popularity and diffusion
This last name is the 3,665,662nd most widely held family name throughout the world. It is borne by around 1 in 251,294,687 people. Falashe occurs predominantly in Africa, where 93 percent of Falashe are found; 93 percent are found in West Africa and 93 percent are found in Atlantic-Niger Africa.
It is most frequently held in Nigeria, where it is borne by 27 people, or 1 in 6,560,843. In Nigeria it is most frequent in: Lagos, where 22 percent live, Ekiti, where 19 percent live and Ondo, where 19 percent live. Other than Nigeria it is found in one country. It is also common in India, where 7 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 Falashe
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