Folaju Surname
Approximately 155 people bear this surname
Folaju Surname Distribution Map
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| Nigeria | 139 | 1:1,274,408 | 50,756 |
| England | 9 | 1:6,190,895 | 170,599 |
| United States | 7 | 1:51,779,848 | 968,877 |
Folaju (81) may also be a first name.
Folaju Last Name Facts
Where Does The Last Name Folaju Come From? nationality or country of origin
The last name Folaju is held by more people in Nigeria than any other country/territory. It may also occur as:. Click here for further potential spellings of this name.
How Common Is The Last Name Folaju? popularity and diffusion
The last name is the 1,403,590th most common last name in the world It is held by around 1 in 47,016,425 people. Folaju occurs predominantly in Africa, where 90 percent of Folaju live; 90 percent live in West Africa and 90 percent live in Atlantic-Niger Africa. It is also the 1,068,082nd most commonly occurring first name internationally It is held by 81 people.
It is most commonly occurring in Nigeria, where it is carried by 139 people, or 1 in 1,274,408. In Nigeria Folaju is primarily found in: Osun, where 40 percent reside, Lagos, where 20 percent reside and Ogun, where 8 percent reside. Besides Nigeria this last name exists in 2 countries. It is also found in England, where 6 percent reside and The United States, where 5 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 Folaju
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