Folae Surname
Approximately 23 people bear this surname
Folae Surname Distribution Map
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| Botswana | 17 | 1:128,643 | 18,229 |
| Iran | 3 | 1:25,594,175 | 224,183 |
| Lesotho | 2 | 1:1,016,279 | 21,693 |
| Solomon Islands | 1 | 1:580,029 | 22,243 |
Folae (28) may also be a first name.
Folae Last Name Facts
Where Does The Last Name Folae Come From? nationality or country of origin
The surname Folae is found most frequently in Botswana. It can also be found as a variant:. For other potential spellings of this last name click here.
How Common Is The Last Name Folae? popularity and diffusion
The surname Folae is the 4,116,508th most frequently held family name on earth, borne by around 1 in 316,849,822 people. It is primarily found in Africa, where 83 percent of Folae live; 83 percent live in Southern Africa and 83 percent live in South Bantu Africa. It is also the 1,994,417th most frequently held forename in the world It is held by 28 people.
The last name is most commonly held in Botswana, where it is borne by 17 people, or 1 in 128,643. Apart from Botswana Folae occurs in 3 countries. It is also found in Iran, where 13 percent are found and Lesotho, where 9 percent are found.
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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
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- 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 Folae
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