Folasire Surname
Approximately 80 people bear this surname
Folasire Surname Distribution Map
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| Nigeria | 70 | 1:2,530,611 | 83,100 |
| England | 9 | 1:6,190,895 | 170,599 |
| Australia | 1 | 1:26,995,701 | 270,794 |
Folasire Last Name Facts
Where Does The Last Name Folasire Come From? nationality or country of origin
Folasire is found most frequently in Nigeria. It can also occur as a variant:. Click here for other possible spellings of this last name.
How Common Is The Last Name Folasire? popularity and diffusion
The surname is the 2,106,139th most widespread family name on earth, borne by approximately 1 in 91,094,324 people. The surname is mostly found in Africa, where 88 percent of Folasire live; 88 percent live in West Africa and 88 percent live in Atlantic-Niger Africa.
The last name Folasire is most common in Nigeria, where it is carried by 70 people, or 1 in 2,530,611. In Nigeria it is most numerous in: Oyo, where 71 percent are found, Lagos, where 9 percent are found and Ogun, where 6 percent are found. Outside of Nigeria this surname is found in 2 countries. It is also common in England, where 11 percent are found and Australia, where 1 percent are found.
Phonetically Similar Names
| Surname | Similarity | Worldwide Incidence | Prevalency |
|---|---|---|---|
| Folasere | 88 | 7 | / |
| Folashere | 82 | 1 | / |
| Falasiri | 75 | 35 | / |
| Fulasere | 75 | 1 | / |
| Falahsiri | 71 | 47 | / |
| Fouladgir | 71 | 35 | / |
| Fulashere | 71 | 12 | / |
| Falhasiri | 71 | 1 | / |
| Volashiri | 71 | 1 | / |
| Folaseeri | 71 | 1 | / |
| Falassiri | 71 | 1 | / |
| Valasir | 67 | 3 | / |
| Velasiri | 63 | 300 | / |
| Folacher | 63 | 15 | / |
| Valasiri | 63 | 4 | / |
| Fulasera | 63 | 3 | / |
| Falhacir | 63 | 2 | / |
| Fulaseri | 63 | 1 | / |
| Fologere | 63 | 1 | / |
| Velashiri | 59 | 17 | / |
| Foulacher | 59 | 8 | / |
| Vallasiri | 59 | 5 | / |
| Faalagiri | 59 | 1 | / |
| Faulhaser | 59 | 1 | / |
| Phalasiri | 59 | 1 | / |
| Phullasiri | 56 | 1 | / |
| Fallhauser | 56 | 1 | / |
| Valossiere | 56 | 1 | / |
| Falazer | 53 | 4 | / |
| Valaser | 53 | 1 | / |
| Valasery | 50 | 4 | / |
| Falageri | 50 | 1 | / |
| Falogere | 50 | 1 | / |
| Vallaser | 50 | 1 | / |
| Fallager | 50 | 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 Folasire
- 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