Foldal Surname

1,409,418th
Most Common
surname in the World

Approximately 154 people bear this surname

Most prevalent in:
Norway
Highest density in:
Norway

Foldal Surname

The meaning of this surname is not listed.

Foldal Surname Distribution Map

PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
Norway961:53,5657,688
Denmark341:166,02114,242
Israel201:427,88233,464
Sweden21:4,923,378241,212
England11:55,718,059489,080
Italy11:61,156,688199,583

Foldal Last Name Facts

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

The surname Foldal is more frequently found in Norway than any other country or territory. It can be rendered in the variant forms:. For other potential spellings of this name click here.

How Common Is The Last Name Foldal? popularity and diffusion

This surname is the 1,409,418th most commonly occurring family name at a global level. It is borne by around 1 in 47,321,727 people. The last name Foldal is predominantly found in Europe, where 87 percent of Foldal reside; 86 percent reside in Northern Europe and 86 percent reside in Scandinavia.

It is most frequently used in Norway, where it is borne by 96 people, or 1 in 53,565. In Norway Foldal is most prevalent in: Western Norway, where 75 percent are found, Eastern Norway, where 17 percent are found and Central Norway, where 7 percent are found. Excluding Norway this last name is found in 5 countries. It is also common in Denmark, where 22 percent are found and Israel, where 13 percent are found.

Foldal Last Name Statistics demography

Foldal earn significantly more than the average income. In Norway they earn 33.37% more than the national average, earning 461,580 kr per year.

Phonetically Similar Names

SurnameSimilarityWorldwide IncidencePrevalency
Foldahl9228/
Voldal8352/
Voldahl7744/
Volldal7737/
Faldahl7714/
Falldal777/
Fuldale775/
Voldail771/
Fuldagli718/
Fuldhale711/
Falldahl711/
Valdal67188/
Fuldahale671/
Valldal6260/
Valdahl6224/
Phuldale571/

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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 Foldal
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