Faluma Surname
Approximately 259 people bear this surname
Faluma Surname Distribution Map
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| Kenya | 248 | 1:186,209 | 13,948 |
| Indonesia | 5 | 1:26,449,839 | 597,308 |
| Nigeria | 5 | 1:35,428,552 | 388,973 |
| DR Congo | 1 | 1:73,879,570 | 260,543 |
Faluma (10) may also be a first name.
Faluma Demographics
Faluma Religious Adherence
in Kenya
Religious Adherence
in Kenya
Faluma Last Name Facts
Where Does The Last Name Faluma Come From? nationality or country of origin
The last name Faluma is most common in Kenya. It may occur in the variant forms:. For other potential spellings of Faluma click here.
How Common Is The Last Name Faluma? popularity and diffusion
The last name Faluma is the 990,978th most frequently occurring family name on a worldwide basis, borne by approximately 1 in 28,137,243 people. The surname Faluma occurs mostly in Africa, where 98 percent of Faluma reside; 96 percent reside in East Africa and 96 percent reside in East Bantu Africa. Faluma is also the 3,684,242nd most commonly used forename worldwide. It is borne by 10 people.
The last name is most frequently held in Kenya, where it is borne by 248 people, or 1 in 186,209. In Kenya it is most prevalent in: Kakamega County, where 74 percent are found, Bungoma County, where 26 percent are found and Nakuru County, where 0 percent are found. Not including Kenya this last name exists in 3 countries. It also occurs in Indonesia, where 2 percent are found and Nigeria, where 2 percent are found.
Faluma Last Name Statistics demography
The religious devotion of those carrying the Faluma last name is principally Christian (100%) in Kenya.
Phonetically Similar Names
| Surname | Similarity | Worldwide Incidence | Prevalency |
|---|---|---|---|
| Failuma | 92 | 15 | / |
| Falouma | 92 | 1 | / |
| Falgouma | 86 | 5 | / |
| Faloma | 83 | 256 | / |
| Valuma | 83 | 191 | / |
| Falumo | 83 | 104 | / |
| Falima | 83 | 46 | / |
| Falume | 83 | 37 | / |
| Foluma | 83 | 35 | / |
| Falumi | 83 | 2 | / |
| Falimah | 77 | 7 | / |
| Phaluma | 77 | 4 | / |
| Falhima | 77 | 3 | / |
| Fatlume | 77 | 2 | / |
| Valouma | 77 | 2 | / |
| Fallima | 77 | 1 | / |
| Falgumi | 77 | 1 | / |
| Falooma | 77 | 1 | / |
| Faloumi | 77 | 1 | / |
| Fatloumi | 71 | 1 | / |
| Falomo | 67 | 1,663 | / |
| Felima | 67 | 1,128 | / |
| Foloma | 67 | 678 | / |
| Falomi | 67 | 417 | / |
| Valima | 67 | 68 | / |
| Veluma | 67 | 66 | / |
| Falome | 67 | 27 | / |
| Folima | 67 | 13 | / |
| Falimo | 67 | 5 | / |
| Valumi | 67 | 3 | / |
| Falomí | 67 | 2 | / |
| Valume | 67 | 2 | / |
| Faulhaume | 67 | 1 | / |
| Folume | 67 | 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 Faluma
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