Falum Surname

2,414,640th
Most Common
surname in the World

Approximately 63 people bear this surname

Most prevalent in:
Nigeria
Highest density in:
Nigeria

Falum Surname

The meaning of this surname is not listed.

Falum Surname Distribution Map

PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
Nigeria431:4,119,599115,187
Indonesia191:6,960,484292,931
United States11:362,458,9331,988,048
PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
Scotland11:3,743,21632,299
PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
United States21:25,109,342694,541

Falum Last Name Facts

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

Falum is carried by more people in Nigeria than any other country/territory. It may also be rendered as a variant:. Click here to see other potential spellings of this surname.

How Common Is The Last Name Falum? popularity and diffusion

This last name is the 2,414,640th most frequently used surname world-wide, held by around 1 in 115,675,332 people. This surname occurs predominantly in Africa, where 68 percent of Falum are found; 68 percent are found in West Africa and 68 percent are found in Atlantic-Niger Africa.

This surname is most frequently occurring in Nigeria, where it is carried by 43 people, or 1 in 4,119,599. In Nigeria it is primarily concentrated in: Plateau, where 81 percent are found, Kogi, where 9 percent are found and Rivers, where 7 percent are found. Other than Nigeria it exists in 2 countries. It also occurs in Indonesia, where 30 percent are found and The United States, where 2 percent are found.

Falum Family Population Trend historical fluctuation

The prevalency of Falum has changed through the years. In The United States the number of people bearing the Falum last name declined 50 percent between 1880 and 2014.

Phonetically Similar Names

SurnameSimilarityWorldwide IncidencePrevalency
Falume9137/
Faylum9115/
Falhum9113/
Faulum914/
Fajlum913/
Fallum912/
Faslum911/
Faloum911/
Faluim911/
Fatlum910/
Fatlume832/
Failoum831/
Valum80303/
Falun8016/
Falom808/
Folum801/
Falhun73288/
Falyun73101/
Foloum7377/
Follum7375/
Faloun7368/
Vallum7364/
Falung7349/
Falgun7332/
Faslun7326/
Valaum7322/
Phalum7320/
Failun7317/
Faleun7314/
Fatlun7313/
Foulum7311/
Valhum7310/
Feilum738/
Faylun737/
Folium736/
Fallom736/
Fajlun734/
Falune733/
Falaun731/
Folgum731/
Valumm731/
Feloum731/
Fhalom731/
Valoum731/
Folume731/
Fallun730/
Faulhaume711/
Falohun671,661/
Fajloun67737/
Falloun6728/
Phalume677/
Faslund677/
Fahloun676/
Fatlund675/
Fatlaun673/
Falhoom671/
Fal'hun671/
Failoun671/
Faloune671/
Faulung671/
Vaïloum671/
Valluum671/
Valloum671/
Valleum671/
Fathlun671/
Faylund670/

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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 Falum
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