Foletia Surname

7,117,718th
Most Common
surname in the World

Approximately 7 people bear this surname

Most prevalent in:
Cameroon
Highest density in:
Cameroon

Foletia Surname

The meaning of this surname is not listed.

Foletia Surname Distribution Map

PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
Cameroon31:6,923,023143,724
United States31:120,819,6441,331,040
Canada11:36,845,591464,108

Foletia (39) may also be a first name.

Foletia Last Name Facts

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

The last name Foletia has its highest incidence in Cameroon. It can also be found as:. For other potential spellings of this name click here.

How Common Is The Last Name Foletia? popularity and diffusion

It is the 7,117,718th most commonly used family name at a global level It is held by around 1 in 1,041,077,988 people. The surname Foletia is primarily found in The Americas, where 57 percent of Foletia are found; 57 percent are found in North America and 57 percent are found in Anglo-North America. It is also the 1,637,361st most frequently held given name in the world It is held by 39 people.

The surname is most commonly used in Cameroon, where it is carried by 3 people, or 1 in 6,923,023. In Cameroon it is most frequent in: Centre Region, where 33 percent are found, Far North Region, where 33 percent are found and Littoral Region, where 33 percent are found. Without taking into account Cameroon this last name is found in 2 countries. It is also found in The United States, where 43 percent are found and Canada, where 14 percent are found.

Phonetically Similar Names

SurnameSimilarityWorldwide IncidencePrevalency
Folotia8629/
Faletia861/
Voletia861/
Folotiea801/
Falitia713/
Faletio711/
Vuletia711/
Felotia711/
Felitia711/
Valotia572/
Vuletio572/
Valatia571/
Felitio571/
Feleteo571/
Felotio571/
Falichtio5016/

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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 Foletia
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