Folai Surname
Approximately 25 people bear this surname
Folai Surname Distribution Map
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| Botswana | 22 | 1:99,406 | 15,343 |
| Cameroon | 2 | 1:10,384,534 | 165,830 |
| Nigeria | 1 | 1:177,142,758 | 748,972 |
Folai (251) may also be a first name.
Folai Last Name Facts
Where Does The Last Name Folai Come From? nationality or country of origin
Folai (Hindi: फोलई, Marathi: फोलाई) is most common in Botswana. It can be found as a variant:. For other potential spellings of Folai click here.
How Common Is The Last Name Folai? popularity and diffusion
The surname is the 3,957,383rd most frequently occurring family name world-wide, held by approximately 1 in 291,501,837 people. This surname is predominantly found in Africa, where 100 percent of Folai reside; 88 percent reside in Southern Africa and 88 percent reside in South Bantu Africa. Folai is also the 562,655th most commonly held first name world-wide, held by 251 people.
The surname is most widely held in Botswana, where it is borne by 22 people, or 1 in 99,406. Barring Botswana it occurs in 2 countries. It also occurs in Cameroon, where 8 percent are found and Nigeria, where 4 percent are found.
Phonetically Similar Names
Folai Name Transliterations
| Transliteration | ICU Latin | Percentage of Incidence |
|---|---|---|
| Folai in the Hindi language | ||
| फोलई | phola'i | - |
| Folai in the Marathi language | ||
| फोलाई | phola'i | - |
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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 Folai
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