Folha Surname
Approximately 2,012 people bear this surname
Folha Surname Distribution Map
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| Brazil | 1,673 | 1:127,958 | 4,870 |
| Portugal | 274 | 1:38,023 | 2,283 |
| France | 34 | 1:1,953,609 | 166,012 |
| Iceland | 14 | 1:27,149 | 2,069 |
| United States | 8 | 1:45,307,367 | 917,113 |
| São Tomé and Príncipe | 5 | 1:35,485 | 1,708 |
| Switzerland | 2 | 1:4,106,458 | 122,336 |
| Angola | 1 | 1:26,989,214 | 11,853 |
| Nigeria | 1 | 1:177,142,758 | 748,972 |
The alternate forms: Fôlha (2) are calculated separately.
Folha (64) may also be a first name.
Folha Demographics
Folha Political Affiliation
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Folha Last Name Facts
Where Does The Last Name Folha Come From? nationality or country of origin
The last name Folha (Arabic: فولها) is found most in Brazil. It can also be found in the variant forms: Fôlha. For other potential spellings of this name click here.
How Common Is The Last Name Folha? popularity and diffusion
This last name is the 206,072nd most common last name worldwide, borne by around 1 in 3,622,041 people. This surname is primarily found in The Americas, where 84 percent of Folha live; 83 percent live in South America and 83 percent live in Luso-South America. It is also the 1,223,525th most numerous forename worldwide It is held by 64 people.
The last name is most commonly held in Brazil, where it is borne by 1,673 people, or 1 in 127,958. In Brazil it is primarily concentrated in: Piauí, where 22 percent live, São Paulo, where 22 percent live and Goiás, where 9 percent live. Apart from Brazil it occurs in 8 countries. It is also common in Portugal, where 14 percent live and France, where 2 percent live.
Folha Last Name Statistics demography
In The United States Folha are 46.77% more likely to be registered Democrats than the national average, with 100% registered with the party.
Folha earn marginally less than the average income. In United States they earn 1.21% less than the national average, earning $42,625 USD per year.
Phonetically Similar Names
Folha Name Transliterations
| Transliteration | ICU Latin | Percentage of Incidence |
|---|---|---|
| Folha in the Arabic language | ||
| فولها | fwlha | - |
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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 Folha
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