Folajimi Surname

514,102nd
Most Common
surname in the World

Approximately 635 people bear this surname

Most prevalent in:
Nigeria
Highest density in:
Nigeria

Folajimi Surname

The meaning of this surname is not listed.

Folajimi Surname Distribution Map

PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
Nigeria6321:280,28915,837
England21:27,859,030389,889
United States11:362,458,9331,988,048

Folajimi (1,690) may also be a first name.

Folajimi Last Name Facts

Where Does The Last Name Folajimi Come From? nationality or country of origin

The last name Folajimi is more commonly found in Nigeria than any other country/territory. It may also occur as:. For other potential spellings of Folajimi click here.

How Common Is The Last Name Folajimi? popularity and diffusion

It is the 514,102nd most frequent last name globally It is held by approximately 1 in 11,476,450 people. The last name occurs predominantly in Africa, where 100 percent of Folajimi are found; 100 percent are found in West Africa and 100 percent are found in Atlantic-Niger Africa. It is also the 187,093rd most frequently held first name world-wide, held by 1,690 people.

Folajimi is most frequently held in Nigeria, where it is held by 632 people, or 1 in 280,289. In Nigeria it is most common in: Ondo, where 50 percent reside, Lagos, where 21 percent reside and Ogun, where 8 percent reside. Barring Nigeria this last name is found in 2 countries. It is also found in England, where 0 percent reside and The United States, where 0 percent reside.

Phonetically Similar Names

SurnameSimilarityWorldwide IncidencePrevalency
Folaimi931/
Folajomi8844/
Folayimi8824/
Folagimi8814/
Falajimi887/
Folajumi884/
Folojimi883/
Folujimi882/
Folajemi881/
Folajime881/
Folajyomi821/
Folayemi75600/
Falasimi752/
Folasemi751/
Folahumi751/
Falayimi751/
Folayommi711/
Foolayemi711/
Falaima672/
Foulame671/

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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 Folajimi
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