Flao Surname

730,373rd
Most Common
surname in the World

Approximately 397 people bear this surname

Most prevalent in:
Malawi
Highest density in:
Malawi

Flao Surname

The meaning of this surname is not listed.

Flao Surname Distribution Map

PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
Malawi2351:72,8479,384
France1491:445,79064,161
Chile51:3,523,29539,650
Brazil21:107,037,1661,031,150
Philippines21:50,619,112341,003
Cameroon11:20,769,068227,406
Ivory Coast11:23,071,23276,679
New Caledonia11:276,22310,363
United States11:362,458,9331,988,048

Flao (11) may also be a first name.

Flao Last Name Facts

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

The surname Flao occurs more in Malawi more than any other country or territory. It may be rendered in the variant forms:. Click here for further possible spellings of this name.

How Common Is The Last Name Flao? popularity and diffusion

The surname is the 730,373rd most commonly held last name in the world, held by approximately 1 in 18,356,539 people. This last name occurs predominantly in Africa, where 60 percent of Flao reside; 59 percent reside in Southern Africa and 59 percent reside in South Bantu Africa. It is also the 3,487,849th most frequent given name world-wide. It is borne by 11 people.

It is most frequently used in Malawi, where it is borne by 235 people, or 1 in 72,847. Apart from Malawi it occurs in 8 countries. It also occurs in France, where 38 percent are found and Chile, where 1 percent are found.

Phonetically Similar Names

SurnameSimilarityWorldwide IncidencePrevalency
Flaot8912/
Flaho892/
Flaos891/
Flaou891/
Flauo891/
Flahou80193/
Fellao8031/
Flagio801/
Fleo7531/
Floa7522/
Vlao752/
Fellaou739/
Vlaho67312/
Float67216/
Floua6743/
Flooh679/
Phlao674/
Floha673/
Floas672/
Vleao671/
Flo'o671/
Floau671/
Flooo671/
Floah671/
Fload671/
Floea671/
Flioa671/
Flooa670/

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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 Flao
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