Falemu Surname
Approximately 378 people bear this surname
Falemu Surname Distribution Map
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| Nigeria | 376 | 1:471,124 | 23,774 |
| England | 1 | 1:55,718,059 | 489,080 |
| Iceland | 1 | 1:380,090 | 11,096 |
Falemu (21) may also be a first name.
Falemu Last Name Facts
Where Does The Last Name Falemu Come From? nationality or country of origin
The surname Falemu is held by more people in Nigeria than any other country/territory. It can also occur as a variant:. For other possible spellings of this last name click here.
How Common Is The Last Name Falemu? popularity and diffusion
This last name is the 757,040th most widely held surname world-wide It is held by around 1 in 19,279,222 people. The surname Falemu is predominantly found in Africa, where 99 percent of Falemu live; 99 percent live in West Africa and 99 percent live in Atlantic-Niger Africa. Falemu is also the 2,368,944th most commonly occurring first name internationally, borne by 21 people.
The surname is most frequently held in Nigeria, where it is borne by 376 people, or 1 in 471,124. In Nigeria it is mostly found in: Ekiti, where 44 percent are found, Ondo, where 40 percent are found and Oyo, where 6 percent are found. Beside Nigeria this last name occurs in 2 countries. It also occurs in England, where 0 percent are found and Iceland, where 0 percent are found.
Phonetically Similar Names
| Surname | Similarity | Worldwide Incidence | Prevalency |
|---|---|---|---|
| Faleimu | 92 | 68 | / |
| Faleemu | 92 | 14 | / |
| Faleumu | 92 | 7 | / |
| Faleymu | 92 | 3 | / |
| Felemu | 83 | 291 | / |
| Falimu | 83 | 12 | / |
| Falamu | 83 | 5 | / |
| Falomu | 83 | 1 | / |
| Vallemu | 77 | 19 | / |
| Folemuh | 77 | 3 | / |
| Falaimou | 71 | 1 | / |
| Velemu | 67 | 857 | / |
| Valamu | 67 | 30 | / |
| Folomu | 67 | 16 | / |
| Folamu | 67 | 9 | / |
| Valimu | 67 | 4 | / |
| Felimu | 67 | 2 | / |
| Vallamu | 62 | 19 | / |
| Valamuu | 62 | 3 | / |
| Felomou | 62 | 1 | / |
| Phalamu | 62 | 1 | / |
| Phelemu | 62 | 1 | / |
| Valimau | 62 | 1 | / |
| Vollemu | 62 | 1 | / |
| Pholemus | 57 | 1 | / |
| Voulemou | 57 | 1 | / |
| Vhellemu | 57 | 1 | / |
| Volimu | 50 | 1 | / |
| Velimu | 50 | 1 | / |
| Velamu | 50 | 1 | / |
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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 Falemu
- To find out more about this surname's family history, lookup records on FamilySearch, MyHeritage, FindMyPast and Ancestry. Further information may be obtained by DNA analysis