Fofal Surname

3,485,539th
Most Common
surname in the World

Approximately 32 people bear this surname

Most prevalent in:
India
Highest density in:
Mauritania

Fofal Surname

The meaning of this surname is not listed.

DNA test information

Fofal 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
India301:25,568,846339,406
Israel11:8,557,634182,558
Mauritania11:4,094,86338,869

Fofal Last Name Facts

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

The surname Fofal (Hassaniya-Arabic: ﻓﻔﺎﻝ) is found in India more than any other country or territory. It can also occur in the variant forms:. For other possible spellings of Fofal click here.

How Common Is The Last Name Fofal? popularity and diffusion

The last name is the 3,485,539th most widely held family name world-wide. It is borne by approximately 1 in 227,735,810 people. The last name is primarily found in Asia, where 97 percent of Fofal live; 94 percent live in South Asia and 94 percent live in Indo-South Asia.

The surname is most prevalent in India, where it is carried by 30 people, or 1 in 25,568,846. In India it is most numerous in: Maharashtra, where 90 percent live. Excluding India it occurs in 2 countries. It is also found in Israel, where 3 percent live and Mauritania, 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
Fofale91213/
Foyfal911/
Foufal911/
Foffal910/
Fafal80219/
Fofol803/
Fafale73647/
Veffal737/
Feffal731/
Fehfal731/
Fasfal731/
Voffal731/
Fosfol730/
Phofale672/
Fofolle671/
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Fofal Name Transliterations

TransliterationICU LatinPercentage of Incidence
Fofal in the Hassaniya-Arabic language
ﻓﻔﺎﻝffal-

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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 Fofal
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