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 surname Folayo is found in Nigeria more than any other country or territory. It can be found as a variant:. For other possible spellings of this last name click here.
How Common Is The Last Name Folayo? popularity and diffusion
The last name Folayo is the 4,307,654th most frequently occurring family name on a worldwide basis It is held by around 1 in 347,025,996 people. The last name Folayo occurs mostly in Africa, where 100 percent of Folayo reside; 100 percent reside in West Africa and 100 percent reside in Atlantic-Niger Africa. It is also the 930,172nd most widely held first name internationally. It is borne by 103 people.
It is most numerous in Nigeria, where it is carried 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. Not including Nigeria Folayo exists in one country. It is also common 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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