Foalem Surname

3,432,070th
Most Common
surname in the World

Approximately 33 people bear this surname

Most prevalent in:
Cameroon
Highest density in:
Cameroon

Foalem Surname

The meaning of this surname is not listed.

DNA test information

Foalem 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
Cameroon321:649,03348,340
France11:66,422,722504,397

Foalem Last Name Facts

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

The surname Foalem is found in Cameroon more than any other country/territory. It may be rendered as a variant:. Click here for other possible spellings of this name.

How Common Is The Last Name Foalem? popularity and diffusion

This surname is the 3,432,070th most prevalent family name world-wide It is held by approximately 1 in 220,834,725 people. The surname Foalem is mostly found in Africa, where 97 percent of Foalem are found; 97 percent are found in Central Africa and 97 percent are found in Central Bantu Africa.

The surname is most numerous in Cameroon, where it is carried by 32 people, or 1 in 649,033. In Cameroon Foalem is mostly found in: Littoral Region, where 47 percent live, West Region, where 41 percent live and Centre Region, where 6 percent live. Other than Cameroon it is found in one country. It is also found in France, where 3 percent live.

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
Foualem922/
Foaleng77405/
Fouolem771/
Foualen771/
Foualeng7150/
Voalym673/
Foyeallen672/
Faolim672/
Foalin672/
Foalnd670/
Foualin621/
Faolin501/
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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 Foalem
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