Folbay Surname

5,812,366th
Most Common
surname in the World

Approximately 11 people bear this surname

Most prevalent in:
Liberia
Highest density in:
Liberia

Folbay Surname

The meaning of this surname is not listed.

Folbay Surname Distribution Map

PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
Liberia111:400,77620,681
PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
United States61:8,369,781355,680

Folbay Last Name Facts

Where Does The Last Name Folbay Come From? nationality or country of origin

The surname Folbay is found most in Liberia. It can also be rendered as:. Click here to see other potential spellings of this name.

How Common Is The Last Name Folbay? popularity and diffusion

The last name is the 5,812,366th most widely held family name world-wide It is held by approximately 1 in 662,504,174 people. The surname Folbay occurs mostly in Africa, where 100 percent of Folbay reside; 100 percent reside in West Africa and 100 percent reside in Anglo-West Africa.

Folbay is most prevalent in Liberia, where it is held by 11 people, or 1 in 400,776. In Liberia it is most numerous in: Montserrado County, where 45 percent live, Margibi County, where 36 percent live and Gbarpolu County, where 9 percent live.

Phonetically Similar Names

SurnameSimilarityWorldwide IncidencePrevalency
Folba91147/
Folby919/
Folway8311/
Falbay835/
Follby835/
Foulba835/
Falba731,402/
Falby73362/
Volby7343/
Folbe7324/
Folva7317/
Volba732/
Folua731/
Folwa731/
Fulby730/
Voulbaye711/
Folbeath710/
Falvay67126/
Folber6790/
Volway6741/
Falbey6731/
Vulbay6712/
Fallby6710/
Fahlby678/
Falboy674/
Falbad673/
Fulbai673/
Falbat673/
Fulbas672/
Valbay672/
Foulbe671/
Falbas671/
Volbea671/
Fulbah671/
Folbes671/
Follua671/
Fulbha671/
Falway670/
Folbee670/
Folvey670/

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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 Folbay
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