Folemo Surname

4,649,889th
Most Common
surname in the World

Approximately 18 people bear this surname

Most prevalent in:
Cameroon
Highest density in:
Cameroon

Folemo Surname

The meaning of this surname is not listed.

Folemo Surname Distribution Map

PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
Cameroon171:1,221,71073,195
Brazil11:214,074,3321,693,628

Folemo Last Name Facts

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

The last name Folemo is found in Cameroon more than any other country or territory. It may also be rendered in the variant forms:. Click here to see other potential spellings of this last name.

How Common Is The Last Name Folemo? popularity and diffusion

The surname Folemo is the 4,649,889th most widespread family name throughout the world. It is borne by around 1 in 404,863,662 people. The last name Folemo occurs predominantly in Africa, where 94 percent of Folemo are found; 94 percent are found in Central Africa and 94 percent are found in Central Bantu Africa.

The surname is most prevalent in Cameroon, where it is borne by 17 people, or 1 in 1,221,710. In Cameroon it is most common in: Centre Region, where 94 percent are found and West Region, where 6 percent are found. Apart from Cameroon it exists in one country. It also occurs in Brazil, where 6 percent are found.

Phonetically Similar Names

SurnameSimilarityWorldwide IncidencePrevalency
Folomo8361/
Falemo8328/
Folamo8326/
Felemo834/
Folema833/
Folimo832/
Voulemo7757/
Feulemo7713/
Faleemo771/
Foulomo771/
Fouleyma715/
Voulemou711/
Folleema711/
Falomo671,663/
Foloma67678/
Felema67203/
Velemo6771/
Falema6713/
Folima6713/
Falamo6711/
Volomo6710/
Falimo675/
Fulema675/
Fulimo674/
Felamo674/
Valemo673/
Volema673/
Felimo673/
Felomo672/

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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
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  • 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 Folemo
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