Falú Surname

5,213,395th
Most Common
surname in the World

Approximately 14 people bear this surname

Most prevalent in:
Puerto Rico
Highest density in:
Puerto Rico

Falú Surname

The meaning of this surname is not listed.

Falú Surname Distribution Map

PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
Puerto Rico81:443,7673,219
Argentina41:10,685,854219,200
Panama11:3,912,25817,195
United States11:362,458,9331,988,048

The alternate forms: Falu (1,063) are calculated separately.

Falú Last Name Facts

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

Falú is found most frequently in Puerto Rico. It may be rendered as: Falu. Click here for further possible spellings of this last name.

How Common Is The Last Name Falú? popularity and diffusion

It is the 5,213,395th most frequently used surname on a worldwide basis It is held by around 1 in 520,538,994 people. The last name is mostly found in The Americas, where 100 percent of Falú are found; 57 percent are found in Caribbean and 57 percent are found in Hispano-Caribbean.

The last name is most widespread in Puerto Rico, where it is held by 8 people, or 1 in 443,767. In Puerto Rico Falú is primarily concentrated in: San Juan, where 50 percent live, Arecibo, where 13 percent live and Caguas, where 13 percent live. Excluding Puerto Rico this last name is found in 3 countries. It also occurs in Argentina, where 29 percent live and Panama, where 7 percent live.

Phonetically Similar Names

SurnameSimilarityWorldwide IncidencePrevalency
Falu921,063/
Fallú892/
Valú752/
Faló751/
Fallu67670/
Faleu67544/
Faliu67506/
Falus67461/
Falou67388/
Falau67151/
Fajlu67120/
Falup6743/
Faslu6726/
Faalu6725/
Failu6719/
Falut6713/
Faulu676/
Faluh676/
Falho675/
Faelu674/
Falão672/
Fallù672/
Faloe672/
Vallú671/
Faluu671/
Faluz671/
Faloo671/
Fhalu671/
Faluy670/

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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 Falú
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