Falawo Surname

3,373,373rd
Most Common
surname in the World

Approximately 34 people bear this surname

Most prevalent in:
Nigeria
Highest density in:
Zimbabwe

Falawo Surname

The meaning of this surname is not listed.

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Falawo Surname Distribution Map

By incidenceBy frequencyBy rank
Incidence (high to low)Incidence (low to high)Alphabetic A-ZAlphabetic Z-ARank (high to low)Rank (low to high)
PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
Nigeria151:11,809,517219,567
Zimbabwe141:1,102,73166,551
Malawi41:4,279,77724,060
Finland11:5,496,70284,025

Falawo (15) may also be a first name.

Falawo Last Name Facts

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

The surname Falawo is carried by more people in Nigeria than any other country/territory. It may appear as a variant:. Click here for further possible spellings of this last name.

How Common Is The Last Name Falawo? popularity and diffusion

The last name Falawo is the 3,373,373rd most commonly held last name throughout the world. It is borne by approximately 1 in 214,339,586 people. The last name occurs predominantly in Africa, where 97 percent of Falawo live; 53 percent live in Southern Africa and 53 percent live in South Bantu Africa. It is also the 2,900,335th most commonly used first name throughout the world, held by 15 people.

This surname is most numerous in Nigeria, where it is borne by 15 people, or 1 in 11,809,517. In Nigeria Falawo is most prevalent in: Ogun, where 40 percent live, Osun, where 27 percent live and Ekiti, where 7 percent live. Aside from Nigeria this surname occurs in 3 countries. It also occurs in Zimbabwe, where 41 percent live and Malawi, where 12 percent live.

Phonetically Similar Names

Incidence (high to low)Incidence (low to high)Alphabetic A-ZAlphabetic Z-ASimilarity (high to low)Similarity (low to high)Prevalent jurisdiction A-ZPrevalent jurisdiction Z-A
SurnameSimilarityWorldwide IncidencePrevalency
Falowo834,389/
Falawa8391/
Folawo8316/
Valawuo771/
Falgavo771/
Faloba67504/
Falovo67272/
Faleva67194/
Falova67138/
Folowo67111/
Falaba6736/
Falobo6722/
Valavo6713/
Folabo678/
Falowa677/
Falová676/
Folawa671/
Valawa671/
Falava671/
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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 Falawo
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