Folaran Surname
Approximately 55 people bear this surname
Folaran Surname Distribution Map
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| Nigeria | 52 | 1:3,406,592 | 101,701 |
| Benin | 3 | 1:3,445,201 | 77,822 |
Folaran (18) may also be a first name.
Folaran Last Name Facts
Where Does The Last Name Folaran Come From? nationality or country of origin
Folaran is most common in Nigeria. It can be rendered as a variant:. Click here for further potential spellings of Folaran.
How Common Is The Last Name Folaran? popularity and diffusion
The surname Folaran is the 2,605,694th most frequently held family name on earth. It is borne by approximately 1 in 132,500,835 people. This surname occurs predominantly in Africa, where 100 percent of Folaran are found; 100 percent are found in West Africa and 100 percent are found in Atlantic-Niger Africa. It is also the 2,608,198th most commonly occurring first name globally, borne by 18 people.
The last name is most numerous in Nigeria, where it is carried by 52 people, or 1 in 3,406,592. In Nigeria it is most numerous in: Oyo, where 37 percent live, Lagos, where 33 percent live and Ogun, where 27 percent live. Barring Nigeria it is found in one country. It is also common in Benin, where 5 percent live.
Phonetically Similar Names
| Surname | Similarity | Worldwide Incidence | Prevalency |
|---|---|---|---|
| Follaran | 93 | 2 | / |
| Folarain | 93 | 1 | / |
| Follarant | 88 | 1 | / |
| Folaron | 86 | 264 | / |
| Folaram | 86 | 5 | / |
| Fularan | 86 | 4 | / |
| Foloran | 86 | 3 | / |
| Falaran | 86 | 1 | / |
| Felairan | 80 | 24 | / |
| Fallaran | 80 | 2 | / |
| Falarane | 80 | 1 | / |
| Pholarhan | 75 | 1 | / |
| Faalaraan | 75 | 1 | / |
| Fularon | 71 | 102 | / |
| Valaran | 71 | 87 | / |
| Fularam | 71 | 7 | / |
| Falaram | 71 | 6 | / |
| Foulliaron | 71 | 4 | / |
| Velaran | 71 | 1 | / |
| Fuloran | 71 | 1 | / |
| Faloran | 71 | 1 | / |
| Falaron | 71 | 1 | / |
| Feleran | 71 | 1 | / |
| Falloran | 67 | 295 | / |
| Vallaran | 67 | 40 | / |
| Falerean | 67 | 23 | / |
| Feleiran | 67 | 9 | / |
| Pholaram | 67 | 4 | / |
| Fouloram | 67 | 1 | / |
| Fullaron | 67 | 1 | / |
| Valarain | 67 | 1 | / |
| Falorain | 67 | 1 | / |
| Pholeran | 67 | 1 | / |
| Falleran | 67 | 0 | / |
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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 Folaran
- To find out more about this surname's family history, lookup records on FamilySearch, MyHeritage, FindMyPast and Ancestry. Further information may be obtained by DNA analysis