Faleke Surname
Approximately 1,269 people bear this surname
Faleke Surname Distribution Map
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| Nigeria | 1,221 | 1:145,080 | 9,240 |
| Sweden | 19 | 1:518,250 | 37,550 |
| England | 13 | 1:4,286,005 | 132,302 |
| India | 7 | 1:109,580,769 | 786,157 |
| Ivory Coast | 3 | 1:7,690,411 | 57,263 |
| Benin | 2 | 1:5,167,801 | 84,334 |
| Canada | 1 | 1:36,845,591 | 464,108 |
| Ethiopia | 1 | 1:97,546,262 | 29,669 |
| Kuwait | 1 | 1:3,800,694 | 27,187 |
| United States | 1 | 1:362,458,933 | 1,988,048 |
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| Scotland | 2 | 1:1,871,608 | 27,884 |
Faleke (80) may also be a first name.
Faleke Last Name Facts
Where Does The Last Name Faleke Come From? nationality or country of origin
The surname Faleke (Marathi: फलेके) is found in Nigeria more 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 Faleke? popularity and diffusion
This last name is the 299,736th most frequently occurring last name in the world It is held by around 1 in 5,742,747 people. The surname Faleke is predominantly found in Africa, where 97 percent of Faleke live; 97 percent live in West Africa and 97 percent live in Atlantic-Niger Africa. Faleke is also the 1,075,395th most frequently held given name internationally It is held by 80 people.
The last name is most commonly used in Nigeria, where it is held by 1,221 people, or 1 in 145,080. In Nigeria Faleke is most prevalent in: Osun, where 22 percent are found, Oyo, where 18 percent are found and Lagos, where 14 percent are found. Outside of Nigeria this last name occurs in 9 countries. It is also found in Sweden, where 1 percent are found and England, where 1 percent are found.
Phonetically Similar Names
Faleke Name Transliterations
| Transliteration | ICU Latin | Percentage of Incidence |
|---|---|---|
| Faleke in the Marathi language | ||
| फलेके | phaleke | - |
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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 Faleke
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