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 carried by more people in Botswana than any other country/territory. It can be rendered as:. Click here for further potential spellings of this surname.
How Common Is The Last Name Folai? popularity and diffusion
Folai is the 3,957,383rd most widely held last name worldwide, borne by around 1 in 291,501,837 people. It occurs predominantly in Africa, where 100 percent of Folai are found; 88 percent are found in Southern Africa and 88 percent are found in South Bantu Africa. Folai is also the 562,655th most numerous first name worldwide. It is borne by 251 people.
Folai is most prevalent in Botswana, where it is carried by 22 people, or 1 in 99,406. Without taking into account Botswana this surname is found in 2 countries. It is also common in Cameroon, where 8 percent live and Nigeria, where 4 percent live.
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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