Folain Surname
Approximately 47 people bear this surname
Folain Surname Distribution Map
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| France | 43 | 1:1,544,714 | 145,815 |
| Nigeria | 4 | 1:44,285,690 | 437,567 |
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| Jersey | 8 | 1:6,485 | 1,119 |
Folain Last Name Facts
Where Does The Last Name Folain Come From? nationality or country of origin
The last name Folain occurs in France more than any other country/territory. It may be found in the variant forms:. For other possible spellings of Folain click here.
How Common Is The Last Name Folain? popularity and diffusion
This surname is the 2,843,861st most frequently used surname throughout the world It is held by approximately 1 in 155,054,168 people. This last name is mostly found in Europe, where 91 percent of Folain live; 91 percent live in Western Europe and 91 percent live in Gallo-Europe.
The last name is most widely held in France, where it is held by 43 people, or 1 in 1,544,714. In France Folain is most common in: Normandy, where 93 percent reside, Auvergne-Rhône-Alpes, where 2 percent reside and Brittany, where 2 percent reside. Beside France Folain exists in one country. It is also found in Nigeria, where 9 percent reside.
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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 Folain
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