Falema Surname

5,391,485th
Most Common
surname in the World

Approximately 13 people bear this surname

Most prevalent in:
Papua New Guinea
Highest density in:
Papua New Guinea

Falema Surname

The meaning of this surname is not listed.

Falema Surname Distribution Map

PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
Papua New Guinea71:1,164,817109,517
India21:383,532,6911,645,216
Philippines21:50,619,112341,003
Brazil11:214,074,3321,693,628
Ivory Coast11:23,071,23276,679

Falema (127) may also be a first name.

Falema Last Name Facts

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

The surname Falema (Bengali: ফালেমা, Hindi: फालेमा, Marathi: फालेमा, Russian: Фалема) has its highest incidence in Papua New Guinea. It can appear in the variant forms:. Click here to see other potential spellings of this surname.

How Common Is The Last Name Falema? popularity and diffusion

The surname Falema is the 5,391,485th most commonly occurring surname on a worldwide basis It is held by around 1 in 560,580,455 people. Falema occurs mostly in Oceania, where 54 percent of Falema live; 54 percent live in Oceania Islands and 54 percent live in Papuan Oceania. It is also the 825,494th most frequently held first name internationally, held by 127 people.

This surname is most frequent in Papua New Guinea, where it is borne by 7 people, or 1 in 1,164,817. In Papua New Guinea Falema is most numerous in: Gulf, where 100 percent live. Barring Papua New Guinea this last name exists in 4 countries. It also occurs in India, where 15 percent live and The Philippines, where 15 percent live.

Phonetically Similar Names

SurnameSimilarityWorldwide IncidencePrevalency
Falemaa9210/
Falemai928/
Faleema924/
Falesma923/
Falemap922/
Falemah921/
Faleyma921/
Falama831,631/
Valema83312/
Faloma83256/
Felema83203/
Faleme83179/
Falemi8379/
Falima8346/
Falemo8328/
Folema833/
Valemma7748/
Valeama7729/
Fahlemi7727/
Vallema7716/
Fallama779/
Falimah777/
Valeema774/
Falhima773/
Falaima772/
Faliama772/
Failama772/
Faleemo771/
Feliema771/
Fatlima771/
Valemah771/
Valaema771/
Falamea771/
Falemme771/
Fallima771/
Faslima770/
Falemer770/
Vallemma71209/
Vallemaa7119/
Faliomea7111/
Fouleyma715/
Valheima712/
Folleema711/
Falamaha711/
Fallahma711/
Falomo671,663/
Felima671,128/
Foloma67678/
Velema67670/
Valima6768/
Valama6745/
Valoma6737/
Folemo6718/
Felyma6717/
Foleme6714/
Folima6713/
Falamo6711/
Valeme6710/
Felama679/
Falimo675/
Falimy675/
Felemo674/
Falimi674/
Volema673/
Valemo673/
Falémé673/
Valemi671/
Valleemah671/
Folemi671/

Falema Name Transliterations

TransliterationICU LatinPercentage of Incidence
Falema in the Bengali language
ফালেমাphalema-
Falema in the Hindi language
फालेमाphalema-
Falema in the Marathi language
फालेमाphalema-
Falema in the Russian language
Фалемаfalema-

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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
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  • 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 Falema
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