Falu Surname
Approximately 1,063 people bear this surname
Falu Surname Distribution Map
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| United States | 466 | 1:777,809 | 60,305 |
| Tanzania | 144 | 1:367,650 | 26,957 |
| Solomon Islands | 82 | 1:7,074 | 1,084 |
| DR Congo | 82 | 1:900,970 | 60,382 |
| Hungary | 73 | 1:134,470 | 12,406 |
| Nigeria | 54 | 1:3,280,421 | 99,135 |
| Argentina | 49 | 1:872,315 | 56,573 |
| Papua New Guinea | 25 | 1:326,149 | 43,617 |
| India | 23 | 1:33,350,669 | 396,143 |
| Puerto Rico | 13 | 1:273,088 | 2,549 |
| Indonesia | 8 | 1:16,531,149 | 488,268 |
| Afghanistan | 7 | 1:4,593,312 | 23,122 |
| Uruguay | 5 | 1:686,352 | 29,886 |
| Dominican Republic | 4 | 1:2,608,233 | 20,941 |
| United States Virgin Islands | 3 | 1:36,792 | 4,502 |
| Brazil | 3 | 1:71,358,111 | 770,017 |
| United Arab Emirates | 2 | 1:4,581,136 | 93,443 |
| Bulgaria | 2 | 1:3,489,452 | 64,958 |
| Saudi Arabia | 1 | 1:30,855,817 | 63,028 |
| Venezuela | 1 | 1:30,204,077 | 85,459 |
| Australia | 1 | 1:26,995,701 | 270,794 |
| Uganda | 1 | 1:39,039,279 | 258,887 |
| Taiwan | 1 | 1:23,444,746 | 93,622 |
| Sweden | 1 | 1:9,846,757 | 347,448 |
| Spain | 1 | 1:46,752,036 | 156,870 |
| Singapore | 1 | 1:5,507,703 | 47,049 |
| Canada | 1 | 1:36,845,591 | 464,108 |
| Chile | 1 | 1:17,616,474 | 93,597 |
| Panama | 1 | 1:3,912,258 | 17,195 |
| China | 1 | 1:1,367,321,566 | 51,149 |
| Colombia | 1 | 1:47,774,072 | 44,230 |
| Costa Rica | 1 | 1:4,780,069 | 13,345 |
| Greece | 1 | 1:11,079,790 | 145,225 |
| Ghana | 1 | 1:27,020,692 | 23,742 |
| Germany | 1 | 1:80,505,459 | 560,955 |
| England | 1 | 1:55,718,059 | 489,080 |
The alternate forms: Falú (14) are calculated separately.
Falu (5,197) may also be a first name.
Falu Demographics
Average Falu Salary in
United States
$32,767 USD
Per year
Average Salary in
United States
$43,149 USD
Per year
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Falu Last Name Facts
Where Does The Last Name Falu Come From? nationality or country of origin
The surname Falu (Bengali: ফালু, Hindi: फालू, Oriya: ଫାଲୁ) is found most in The United States. It can appear in the variant forms: Falú. Click here to see other potential spellings of this last name.
How Common Is The Last Name Falu? popularity and diffusion
The surname Falu is the 344,624th most commonly held surname throughout the world, held by around 1 in 6,855,641 people. This surname is mostly found in The Americas, where 51 percent of Falu reside; 43 percent reside in North America and 43 percent reside in Anglo-North America. It is also the 93,919th most frequently used forename worldwide, held by 5,197 people.
This last name is most frequently used in The United States, where it is borne by 466 people, or 1 in 777,809. In The United States Falu is most numerous in: New York, where 40 percent are found, Florida, where 12 percent are found and Pennsylvania, where 11 percent are found. Outside of The United States it exists in 35 countries. It is also common in Tanzania, where 14 percent are found and The Solomon Islands, where 8 percent are found.
Falu Last Name Statistics demography
In The United States those bearing the Falu surname are 21.77% more likely to be registered Democrats than the national average, with 75% being registered with the party.
Falu earn notably less less than the average income. In United States they earn 24.06% less than the national average, earning $32,767 USD per year.
Phonetically Similar Names
Falu Name Transliterations
| Transliteration | ICU Latin | Percentage of Incidence |
|---|---|---|
| Falu in the Bengali language | ||
| ফালু | phalu | - |
| Falu in the Hindi language | ||
| फालू | phalu | 69.54 |
| फालु | phalu | 25.59 |
| फलू | phalu | 2.7 |
| फलु | phalu | 2.09 |
| पंकू | panku | 0.09 |
| Falu in the Oriya language | ||
| ଫାଲୁ | phalu | 50 |
| ଫଳୁ | phalu | 50 |
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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 Falu
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