Folajoye Surname
Approximately 30 people bear this surname
Folajoye Surname Distribution Map
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| Nigeria | 29 | 1:6,108,371 | 148,179 |
| England | 1 | 1:55,718,059 | 489,080 |
Folajoye (103) may also be a first name.
Folajoye Last Name Facts
Where Does The Last Name Folajoye Come From? nationality or country of origin
Folajoye is carried by more people in Nigeria than any other country or territory. It can also be found in the variant forms:. For other potential spellings of this last name click here.
How Common Is The Last Name Folajoye? popularity and diffusion
The last name is the 3,602,217th most numerous surname globally. It is borne by around 1 in 242,918,197 people. The surname occurs mostly in Africa, where 97 percent of Folajoye are found; 97 percent are found in West Africa and 97 percent are found in Atlantic-Niger Africa. It is also the 930,172nd most widely held first name throughout the world. It is borne by 103 people.
The last name Folajoye is most frequently occurring in Nigeria, where it is carried by 29 people, or 1 in 6,108,371. In Nigeria Folajoye is mostly concentrated in: Ondo, where 79 percent reside and Lagos, where 17 percent reside. Aside from Nigeria this last name is found in one country. It also occurs in England, where 3 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
- 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 Folajoye
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