Falaya Surname
Approximately 31 people bear this surname
Falaya Surname Distribution Map
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| Nigeria | 28 | 1:6,326,527 | 151,186 |
| United States | 2 | 1:181,229,466 | 1,556,795 |
| Cameroon | 1 | 1:20,769,068 | 227,406 |
Falaya (10) may also be a first name.
Falaya Last Name Facts
Where Does The Last Name Falaya Come From? nationality or country of origin
The surname Falaya occurs in Nigeria more than any other country or territory. It may appear as a variant:. For other potential spellings of this last name click here.
How Common Is The Last Name Falaya? popularity and diffusion
It is the 3,543,123rd most numerous family name worldwide, held by approximately 1 in 235,082,126 people. The surname Falaya is mostly found in Africa, where 94 percent of Falaya live; 90 percent live in West Africa and 90 percent live in Atlantic-Niger Africa. It is also the 3,684,242nd most frequently held first name in the world, held by 10 people.
The surname is most commonly used in Nigeria, where it is carried by 28 people, or 1 in 6,326,527. In Nigeria Falaya is most common in: Osun, where 36 percent reside, Ekiti, where 32 percent reside and Lagos, where 21 percent reside. Aside from Nigeria this last name is found in 2 countries. It is also common in The United States, where 6 percent reside and Cameroon, where 3 percent reside.
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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 Falaya
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