Faleye Surname
Approximately 16,564 people bear this surname
Faleye Surname Distribution Map
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| Nigeria | 16,228 | 1:10,916 | 1,138 |
| Benin | 121 | 1:85,418 | 10,024 |
| England | 112 | 1:497,483 | 31,781 |
| United States | 65 | 1:5,576,291 | 276,051 |
| Canada | 6 | 1:6,140,932 | 260,641 |
| Wales | 5 | 1:618,906 | 25,852 |
| Scotland | 5 | 1:1,070,763 | 31,189 |
| Ghana | 4 | 1:6,755,173 | 15,406 |
| Iceland | 3 | 1:126,697 | 5,403 |
| Trinidad and Tobago | 3 | 1:454,658 | 14,297 |
| South Africa | 2 | 1:27,088,852 | 277,613 |
| Sweden | 2 | 1:4,923,378 | 241,212 |
| Ireland | 1 | 1:4,708,939 | 29,543 |
| Denmark | 1 | 1:5,644,715 | 93,155 |
| Norway | 1 | 1:5,142,286 | 129,201 |
| Qatar | 1 | 1:2,357,999 | 76,403 |
| Cyprus | 1 | 1:884,876 | 13,055 |
| China | 1 | 1:1,367,321,566 | 51,149 |
| Brazil | 1 | 1:214,074,332 | 1,693,628 |
| Australia | 1 | 1:26,995,701 | 270,794 |
Faleye (836) may also be a first name.
Faleye Demographics
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Faleye Last Name Facts
Where Does The Last Name Faleye Come From? nationality or country of origin
Faleye is found in Nigeria more than any other country or territory. It can also be rendered as:. Click here for further potential spellings of this last name.
How Common Is The Last Name Faleye? popularity and diffusion
This surname is the 32,177th most prevalent last name on a worldwide basis, held by around 1 in 439,963 people. Faleye is predominantly found in Africa, where 99 percent of Faleye live; 99 percent live in West Africa and 99 percent live in Atlantic-Niger Africa. It is also the 282,418th most numerous first name worldwide, held by 836 people.
The last name Faleye is most frequent in Nigeria, where it is carried by 16,228 people, or 1 in 10,916. In Nigeria it is primarily found in: Lagos, where 29 percent live, Osun, where 16 percent live and Ekiti, where 15 percent live. Barring Nigeria Faleye is found in 19 countries. It also occurs in Benin, where 1 percent live and England, where 1 percent live.
Faleye Last Name Statistics demography
The religious devotion of those bearing the surname is predominantly Christian (96%) in Nigeria.
In The United States those holding the Faleye last name are 6.56% more likely to be registered Republicans than The US average, with 53.33% being registered to vote for the political party.
Faleye earn somewhat more than the average income. In United States they earn 7.35% more than the national average, earning $46,320 USD per year.
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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 Faleye
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