Falemi Surname

2,121,169th
Most Common
surname in the World

Approximately 79 people bear this surname

Most prevalent in:
Nigeria
Highest density in:
Nigeria

Falemi Surname

The meaning of this surname is not listed.

Falemi Surname Distribution Map

PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
Nigeria641:2,767,85688,308
Canada41:9,211,398321,528
United States41:90,614,7331,198,479
Belgium31:3,832,215117,288
South Africa21:27,088,852277,613
India11:767,065,3821,851,717
Italy11:61,156,688199,583

Falemi Last Name Facts

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

The surname Falemi (Marathi: हालीमी) is carried by more people in Nigeria than any other country or territory. It can also appear in the variant forms:. For other potential spellings of this name click here.

How Common Is The Last Name Falemi? popularity and diffusion

This surname is the 2,121,169th most frequent last name on earth It is held by approximately 1 in 92,247,417 people. This surname occurs predominantly in Africa, where 84 percent of Falemi live; 81 percent live in West Africa and 81 percent live in Atlantic-Niger Africa.

Falemi is most commonly used in Nigeria, where it is borne by 64 people, or 1 in 2,767,856. In Nigeria Falemi is most prevalent in: Lagos, where 42 percent are found, Edo, where 14 percent are found and Ogun, where 14 percent are found. Besides Nigeria it is found in 6 countries. It is also found in Canada, where 5 percent are found and The United States, where 5 percent are found.

Phonetically Similar Names

SurnameSimilarityWorldwide IncidencePrevalency
Fahlemi9227/
Falemai928/
Falomi83417/
Falami83198/
Faleme83179/
Felemi8329/
Falema8313/
Falimi834/
Folemi831/
Valemi831/
Valemei77283/
Felemei7718/
Valeemi7714/
Fallami7712/
Falemaa7710/
Faleema774/
Feleimi772/
Fahlimi771/
Valemyi771/
Fhalomi771/
Fahlami771/
Valemie771/
Falemme771/
Faleyma771/
Vallemi771/
Felemie771/
Falemer770/
Folami673,521/
Valami672,377/
Falame67507/
Valimi67173/
Velemi6750/
Falima6746/
Valomi6743/
Felami6743/
Falome6727/
Volemi6723/
Folomi6721/
Feleme6720/
Foleme6714/
Valeme6710/
Falimy675/
Felimi673/
Falémé673/
Folema673/
Falomí672/
Felemy670/

Falemi Name Transliterations

TransliterationICU LatinPercentage of Incidence
Falemi in the Marathi language
हालीमीhalimi-

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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
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  • 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 Falemi
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