Folayo Surname
Approximately 21 people bear this surname
Folayo Surname Distribution Map
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| Nigeria | 18 | 1:9,841,264 | 197,192 |
| Benin | 3 | 1:3,445,201 | 77,822 |
Folayo (103) may also be a first name.
Folayo Last Name Facts
Where Does The Last Name Folayo Come From? nationality or country of origin
The last name Folayo is most common in Nigeria. It may appear as a variant:. For other possible spellings of this last name click here.
How Common Is The Last Name Folayo? popularity and diffusion
This surname is the 4,307,654th most frequent surname worldwide, held by around 1 in 347,025,996 people. The last name Folayo is mostly found in Africa, where 100 percent of Folayo are found; 100 percent are found in West Africa and 100 percent are found in Atlantic-Niger Africa. Folayo is also the 930,172nd most prevalent first name globally, held by 103 people.
The surname Folayo is most frequently occurring in Nigeria, where it is held by 18 people, or 1 in 9,841,264. In Nigeria Folayo is mostly found in: Ogun, where 33 percent reside, Osun, where 33 percent reside and Lagos, where 28 percent reside. Beside Nigeria Folayo exists in one country. It is also found in Benin, where 14 percent reside.
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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 Folayo
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