Falv Surname

5,587,209th
Most Common
surname in the World

Approximately 12 people bear this surname

Most prevalent in:
Taiwan
Highest density in:
Taiwan

Falv Surname

The meaning of this surname is not listed.

Falv Surname Distribution Map

PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
Taiwan101:2,344,47514,894
Thailand11:70,638,3451,175,915
United States11:362,458,9331,988,048

Falv Last Name Facts

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

Falv is found in Taiwan more than any other country/territory. It can also be found in the variant forms:. For other possible spellings of Falv click here.

How Common Is The Last Name Falv? popularity and diffusion

Falv is the 5,587,209th most widespread last name on a global scale, held by around 1 in 607,295,493 people. This last name occurs mostly in Asia, where 92 percent of Falv reside; 83 percent reside in East Asia and 83 percent reside in Sino-East Asia.

The surname is most frequently held in Taiwan, where it is carried by 10 people, or 1 in 2,344,475. In Taiwan it is most frequent in: Kaohsiung City, where 30 percent live, New Taipei City, where 30 percent live and Hsinchu County, where 20 percent live. Outside of Taiwan this last name occurs in 2 countries. It is also found in Thailand, where 8 percent live and The United States, where 8 percent live.

Phonetically Similar Names

SurnameSimilarityWorldwide IncidencePrevalency
Falb751,194/
Falp7561/
Valv7519/
Falf7512/
Falbová73144/
Falbova7311/
Faulb678/
Failf675/
Fallf672/
Falps670/
Faulf670/

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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 Falv
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