Fofal Surname
Approximately 32 people bear this surname
Fofal Surname Distribution Map
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| India | 30 | 1:25,568,846 | 339,406 |
| Israel | 1 | 1:8,557,634 | 182,558 |
| Mauritania | 1 | 1:4,094,863 | 38,869 |
Fofal Last Name Facts
Where Does The Last Name Fofal Come From? nationality or country of origin
The last name Fofal (Hassaniya-Arabic: ﻓﻔﺎﻝ) is most common in India. It can also occur in the variant forms:. Click here for other potential spellings of Fofal.
How Common Is The Last Name Fofal? popularity and diffusion
Fofal is the 3,485,539th most widely held family name on a global scale, borne by approximately 1 in 227,735,810 people. This surname occurs predominantly in Asia, where 97 percent of Fofal reside; 94 percent reside in South Asia and 94 percent reside in Indo-South Asia.
The surname Fofal is most common in India, where it is borne by 30 people, or 1 in 25,568,846. In India Fofal is mostly concentrated in: Maharashtra, where 90 percent reside. Without taking into account India this last name occurs in 2 countries. It is also found in Israel, where 3 percent reside and Mauritania, where 3 percent reside.
Phonetically Similar Names
Fofal Name Transliterations
| Transliteration | ICU Latin | Percentage of Incidence |
|---|---|---|
| Fofal in the Hassaniya-Arabic language | ||
| ﻓﻔﺎﻝ | ffal | - |
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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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