Finlak Surname

1,491,356th
Most Common
surname in the World

Approximately 141 people bear this surname

Most prevalent in:
Nigeria
Highest density in:
Cameroon

Finlak Surname

The meaning of this surname is not listed.

DNA test information

Finlak Surname Distribution Map

By incidenceBy frequencyBy rank
Incidence (high to low)Incidence (low to high)Alphabetic A-ZAlphabetic Z-ARank (high to low)Rank (low to high)
PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
Nigeria1051:1,687,07462,154
Cameroon361:576,91944,454

Finlak Last Name Facts

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

The surname Finlak occurs more in Nigeria more than any other country/territory. It may be found as a variant:. Click here to see other potential spellings of Finlak.

How Common Is The Last Name Finlak? popularity and diffusion

The last name Finlak is the 1,491,356th most common surname globally, held by approximately 1 in 51,684,723 people. This surname is primarily found in Africa, where 100 percent of Finlak live; 75 percent live in West Africa and 74 percent live in Atlantic-Niger Africa.

This surname is most frequently used in Nigeria, where it is borne by 105 people, or 1 in 1,687,074. In Nigeria Finlak is mostly concentrated in: Taraba, where 53 percent are found, Jigawa, where 35 percent are found and Adamawa, where 11 percent are found. Not including Nigeria it exists in one country. It is also common in Cameroon, where 26 percent are found.

Phonetically Similar Names

Incidence (high to low)Incidence (low to high)Alphabetic A-ZAlphabetic Z-ASimilarity (high to low)Similarity (low to high)Prevalent jurisdiction A-ZPrevalent jurisdiction Z-A
SurnameSimilarityWorldwide IncidencePrevalency
Finlack9245/
Fuinlak9212/
Fuinlack863/
Finlac83292/
Fenlak839/
Fenlack7736/
Fimlack771/
Finlock770/
Finlaugh710/
Femlak6797/
Fenlac6713/
Finlog670/
Fenlock6254/
Femlack621/
Vinlock620/
Fenlaugh572/
Finlough570/
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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 Finlak
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