Felah Surname
Approximately 303 people bear this surname
Felah Surname Distribution Map
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| Algeria | 71 | 1:544,106 | 38,132 |
| Turkey | 51 | 1:1,525,910 | 59,107 |
| Albania | 50 | 1:58,281 | 7,203 |
| Liberia | 38 | 1:116,014 | 8,917 |
| Tunisia | 24 | 1:25,443 | 3,898 |
| Iraq | 21 | 1:1,667,698 | 16,789 |
| Iran | 11 | 1:6,980,229 | 145,986 |
| Libya | 9 | 1:693,775 | 1,982 |
| Greece | 6 | 1:1,846,632 | 89,049 |
| France | 4 | 1:16,605,680 | 368,153 |
| Germany | 3 | 1:26,835,153 | 452,368 |
| United States | 2 | 1:181,229,466 | 1,556,795 |
| Indonesia | 1 | 1:132,249,194 | 811,426 |
| Kenya | 1 | 1:46,179,900 | 103,372 |
| Egypt | 1 | 1:91,935,754 | 132,737 |
| DR Congo | 1 | 1:73,879,570 | 260,543 |
| Madagascar | 1 | 1:23,649,837 | 9,420 |
| Nigeria | 1 | 1:177,142,758 | 748,972 |
| Spain | 1 | 1:46,752,036 | 156,870 |
| Switzerland | 1 | 1:8,212,915 | 156,297 |
| Denmark | 1 | 1:5,644,715 | 93,155 |
| Bosnia and Herzegovina | 1 | 1:3,536,402 | 19,532 |
| United Arab Emirates | 1 | 1:9,162,273 | 135,437 |
| Zimbabwe | 1 | 1:15,438,240 | 133,260 |
| Belgium | 1 | 1:11,496,644 | 167,539 |
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| United States | 4 | 1:12,554,671 | 503,821 |
Felah (73) may also be a first name.
Felah Last Name Facts
Where Does The Last Name Felah Come From? nationality or country of origin
The last name Felah occurs in Algeria more than any other country or territory. It can be rendered in the variant forms:. Click here for further potential spellings of this surname.
How Common Is The Last Name Felah? popularity and diffusion
It is the 887,624th most commonly held surname internationally, borne by approximately 1 in 24,051,307 people. This surname is mostly found in Africa, where 49 percent of Felah live; 35 percent live in North Africa and 31 percent live in Mahgreb. Felah is also the 1,134,117th most widely held first name throughout the world, held by 73 people.
The last name Felah is most commonly used in Algeria, where it is held by 71 people, or 1 in 544,106. In Algeria Felah is most prevalent in: Tlemcen Province, where 93 percent are found, Batna Province, where 1 percent are found and Chlef Province, where 1 percent are found. Excluding Algeria Felah is found in 24 countries. It is also common in Turkey, where 17 percent are found and Albania, where 17 percent are found.
Felah Family Population Trend historical fluctuation
The occurrence of Felah has changed over time. In The United States the number of people bearing the Felah last name decreased 50 percent between 1880 and 2014.
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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 Felah
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