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 surname Folake (Marathi: फोलके) occurs more in Nigeria more than any other country or territory. It can be rendered in the variant forms:. For other potential spellings of this name click here.
How Common Is The Last Name Folake? popularity and diffusion
This last name is the 442,270th most numerous surname globally. It is borne by approximately 1 in 9,427,614 people. The last name Folake occurs mostly 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 forename throughout the world. It is borne by 71,474 people.
The last name is most widely held in Nigeria, where it is held by 721 people, or 1 in 245,690. In Nigeria Folake is primarily concentrated in: Ekiti, where 18 percent live, Ogun, where 17 percent live and Lagos, where 14 percent live. Outside of Nigeria Folake exists in 14 countries. It is also common in Iran, where 2 percent live and England, where 1 percent live.
Folake Last Name Statistics demography
The religious adherence of those bearing the Folake surname is principally 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
- 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 Folake
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