Faligan Surname

8,968,613th
Most Common
surname in the World

Approximately 4 people bear this surname

Most prevalent in:
France
Highest density in:
France

Faligan Surname

The meaning of this surname is not listed.

Faligan Surname Distribution Map

PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
France31:22,140,907385,998
United States11:362,458,9331,988,048

Faligan Last Name Facts

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

The last name Faligan is carried by more people in France than any other country/territory. It can occur in the variant forms:. Click here to see other possible spellings of this name.

How Common Is The Last Name Faligan? popularity and diffusion

The surname is the 8,968,613th most widespread family name at a global level, borne by around 1 in 1,821,886,479 people. Faligan is mostly found in Europe, where 75 percent of Faligan reside; 75 percent reside in Western Europe and 75 percent reside in Gallo-Europe.

Faligan is most commonly held in France, where it is carried by 3 people, or 1 in 22,140,907. In France it is most frequent in: Brittany, where 33 percent reside, Nouvelle-Aquitaine, where 33 percent reside and Pays de la Loire, where 33 percent reside. Barring France this last name occurs in one country. It is also found in The United States, where 25 percent reside.

Phonetically Similar Names

SurnameSimilarityWorldwide IncidencePrevalency
Faligant93110/
Faligand9394/
Falligan9385/
Falighan931/
Falligant8878/
Falegan86992/
Foligan86536/
Faligon8642/
Feligan864/
Valigan863/
Folligan8046/
Valligan801/
Faleagan801/
Vallaigan751/
Fallesgan751/
Veligan7135/
Falegon7115/
Feligon717/
Felegan712/
Voligan711/
Follygan6728/
Valeghan676/
Fallesgon63304/
Follyganh631/
Falllesgon591/
Veligon5756/
Velegan5713/
Velugan573/

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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 Faligan
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