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
Falaya occurs more in Nigeria more than any other country/territory. It may also appear in the variant forms:. For other potential spellings of this last name click here.
How Common Is The Last Name Falaya? popularity and diffusion
This surname is the 3,543,123rd most widely held surname at a global level. It is borne by around 1 in 235,082,126 people. The surname occurs mostly in Africa, where 94 percent of Falaya reside; 90 percent reside in West Africa and 90 percent reside in Atlantic-Niger Africa. Falaya is also the 3,684,242nd most widespread first name world-wide It is held by 10 people.
The surname Falaya is most commonly used in Nigeria, where it is borne by 28 people, or 1 in 6,326,527. In Nigeria it is most prevalent in: Osun, where 36 percent are found, Ekiti, where 32 percent are found and Lagos, where 21 percent are found. Besides Nigeria Falaya occurs in 2 countries. It also occurs in The United States, where 6 percent are found and Cameroon, where 3 percent are found.
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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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