Folawole Surname
Approximately 137 people bear this surname
Folawole Surname Distribution Map
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| Nigeria | 136 | 1:1,302,520 | 51,596 |
| England | 1 | 1:55,718,059 | 489,080 |
Folawole (27) may also be a first name.
Folawole Last Name Facts
Where Does The Last Name Folawole Come From? nationality or country of origin
The last name Folawole is held by more people in Nigeria than any other country or territory. It can appear in the variant forms:. Click here for other possible spellings of this last name.
How Common Is The Last Name Folawole? popularity and diffusion
This last name is the 1,518,885th most frequently held family name in the world, borne by around 1 in 53,193,766 people. It occurs predominantly in Africa, where 99 percent of Folawole live; 99 percent live in West Africa and 99 percent live in Atlantic-Niger Africa. It is also the 2,036,353rd most commonly held first name internationally, borne by 27 people.
Folawole is most numerous in Nigeria, where it is carried by 136 people, or 1 in 1,302,520. In Nigeria Folawole is most frequent in: Ogun, where 49 percent are found, Lagos, where 43 percent are found and Ondo, where 7 percent are found. Other than Nigeria this last name exists in one country. It is also common in England, where 1 percent are found.
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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 Folawole
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