Folake Surname
Approximately 773 people bear this surname
Folake Surname Distribution Map
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| Nigeria | 721 | 1:245,690 | 14,219 |
| Iran | 17 | 1:4,516,619 | 115,816 |
| England | 11 | 1:5,065,278 | 148,650 |
| United States | 6 | 1:60,409,822 | 1,028,827 |
| Benin | 4 | 1:2,583,900 | 73,293 |
| Brazil | 3 | 1:71,358,111 | 770,017 |
| Norway | 3 | 1:1,714,095 | 79,528 |
| Burkina Faso | 1 | 1:18,352,100 | 30,051 |
| Ethiopia | 1 | 1:97,546,262 | 29,669 |
| France | 1 | 1:66,422,722 | 504,397 |
| Germany | 1 | 1:80,505,459 | 560,955 |
| India | 1 | 1:767,065,382 | 1,851,717 |
| Kenya | 1 | 1:46,179,900 | 103,372 |
| Kuwait | 1 | 1:3,800,694 | 27,187 |
| Malaysia | 1 | 1:29,494,225 | 409,885 |
Folake (71,474) may also be a first name.
Folake Demographics
Folake Religious Adherence
in Nigeria
Religious Adherence
in Nigeria
Folake Last Name Facts
Where Does The Last Name Folake Come From? nationality or country of origin
The last name Folake (Marathi: फोलके) occurs more in Nigeria more than any other country/territory. It may also appear as:. For other potential spellings of this surname click here.
How Common Is The Last Name Folake? popularity and diffusion
Folake is the 442,270th most commonly occurring last name throughout the world It is held by around 1 in 9,427,614 people. It is primarily found in Africa, where 94 percent of Folake reside; 94 percent reside in West Africa and 94 percent reside in Atlantic-Niger Africa. It is also the 13,627th most commonly held first name on earth. It is borne by 71,474 people.
The last name Folake is most frequently occurring in Nigeria, where it is carried by 721 people, or 1 in 245,690. In Nigeria it is primarily concentrated in: Ekiti, where 18 percent are found, Ogun, where 17 percent are found and Lagos, where 14 percent are found. Without taking into account Nigeria Folake occurs in 14 countries. It is also found in Iran, where 2 percent are found and England, where 1 percent are found.
Folake Last Name Statistics demography
The religious adherence of those holding the last name is predominantly Christian (89%) in Nigeria.
Phonetically Similar Names
Folake Name Transliterations
| Transliteration | ICU Latin | Percentage of Incidence |
|---|---|---|
| Folake in the Marathi language | ||
| फोलके | pholake | - |
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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 Folake
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