Foli Surname
Approximately 17,853 people bear this surname
Foli Surname Distribution Map
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| Ghana | 12,261 | 1:2,204 | 358 |
| Togo | 2,835 | 1:2,557 | 336 |
| Nigeria | 395 | 1:448,463 | 22,923 |
| South Africa | 376 | 1:144,090 | 16,481 |
| Italy | 331 | 1:184,763 | 27,357 |
| United States | 318 | 1:1,139,808 | 81,930 |
| Egypt | 214 | 1:429,606 | 25,756 |
| Denmark | 190 | 1:29,709 | 3,082 |
| France | 184 | 1:360,993 | 53,985 |
| Brazil | 159 | 1:1,346,379 | 45,774 |
| Solomon Islands | 104 | 1:5,577 | 775 |
| Ivory Coast | 81 | 1:284,830 | 10,886 |
| DR Congo | 75 | 1:985,061 | 64,020 |
| Benin | 63 | 1:164,057 | 16,557 |
| England | 52 | 1:1,071,501 | 51,923 |
| Belgium | 28 | 1:410,594 | 42,948 |
| Indonesia | 26 | 1:5,086,507 | 239,866 |
| Canada | 19 | 1:1,939,242 | 123,675 |
| Cameroon | 19 | 1:1,093,109 | 67,608 |
| Russia | 17 | 1:8,477,827 | 301,506 |
| Papua New Guinea | 16 | 1:509,607 | 63,542 |
| Pakistan | 10 | 1:17,864,388 | 68,137 |
| Netherlands | 10 | 1:1,688,718 | 81,846 |
| India | 9 | 1:85,229,487 | 684,495 |
| Lesotho | 7 | 1:290,365 | 15,938 |
| Taiwan | 7 | 1:3,349,249 | 20,155 |
| Switzerland | 6 | 1:1,368,819 | 77,571 |
| Germany | 5 | 1:16,101,092 | 397,699 |
| Liberia | 5 | 1:881,707 | 33,815 |
| Czechia | 2 | 1:5,316,734 | 169,646 |
| Niger | 2 | 1:9,596,008 | 86,358 |
| Belarus | 1 | 1:9,501,059 | 159,228 |
| Scotland | 1 | 1:5,353,817 | 63,002 |
| Senegal | 1 | 1:14,579,342 | 11,705 |
| Sierra Leone | 1 | 1:7,089,631 | 1,533 |
| Burkina Faso | 1 | 1:18,352,100 | 30,051 |
| Bulgaria | 1 | 1:6,978,905 | 86,260 |
| Spain | 1 | 1:46,752,036 | 156,870 |
| Poland | 1 | 1:38,008,749 | 231,653 |
| Bangladesh | 1 | 1:159,356,773 | 26,077 |
| Uganda | 1 | 1:39,039,279 | 258,887 |
| Argentina | 1 | 1:42,743,414 | 282,706 |
| Venezuela | 1 | 1:30,204,077 | 85,459 |
| Albania | 1 | 1:2,914,055 | 29,474 |
| Chile | 1 | 1:17,616,474 | 93,597 |
| Portugal | 1 | 1:10,418,241 | 25,048 |
| Guinea | 1 | 1:11,833,817 | 3,268 |
| China | 1 | 1:1,367,321,566 | 51,149 |
| Cyprus | 1 | 1:884,876 | 13,055 |
| Ethiopia | 1 | 1:97,546,262 | 29,669 |
| Mali | 1 | 1:16,969,035 | 4,067 |
| Malaysia | 1 | 1:29,494,225 | 409,885 |
| Malawi | 1 | 1:17,119,109 | 34,144 |
| Faroe Islands | 1 | 1:48,998 | 2,049 |
| Kuwait | 1 | 1:3,800,694 | 27,187 |
| Kenya | 1 | 1:46,179,900 | 103,372 |
| Finland | 1 | 1:5,496,702 | 84,025 |
| Israel | 1 | 1:8,557,634 | 182,558 |
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| England | 4 | 1:6,093,842 | 135,151 |
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| United States | 7 | 1:7,174,098 | 302,835 |
Foli (3,230) may also be a first name.
Foli Demographics
Foli Religious Adherence
in Nigeria
Religious Adherence
in Nigeria
Foli Last Name Facts
Where Does The Last Name Foli Come From? nationality or country of origin
The last name Foli (Hindi: फोली, Russian: Фоли) is found in Ghana more than any other country/territory. It may also be found in the variant forms:. For other potential spellings of this surname click here.
How Common Is The Last Name Foli? popularity and diffusion
The last name Foli is the 29,934th most commonly held family name at a global level, held by around 1 in 408,197 people. The surname Foli is mostly found in Africa, where 91 percent of Foli reside; 88 percent reside in West Africa and 87 percent reside in Atlantic-Niger Africa. Foli is also the 126,177th most common given name world-wide, borne by 3,230 people.
The last name is most frequently occurring in Ghana, where it is carried by 12,261 people, or 1 in 2,204. Not including Ghana this surname occurs in 57 countries. It is also common in Togo, where 16 percent reside and Nigeria, where 2 percent reside.
Foli Family Population Trend historical fluctuation
The prevalency of Foli has changed through the years. In The United States the number of people carrying the Foli surname expanded 4,543 percent between 1880 and 2014 and in England it expanded 1,300 percent between 1881 and 2014.
Foli Last Name Statistics demography
The religious adherence of those bearing the last name is principally Christian (92%) in Nigeria.
In The United States those holding the Foli surname are 22.08% more likely to be registered with the Republican Party than the national average, with 68.85% being registered to vote for the political party.
The amount Foli earn in different countries varies greatly. In Italy they earn 57.01% more than the national average, earning €47,151 per year; in South Africa they earn 50.62% less than the national average, earning R 117,336 per year and in United States they earn 8.44% more than the national average, earning $46,792 USD per year.
Phonetically Similar Names
Foli Name Transliterations
| Transliteration | ICU Latin | Percentage of Incidence |
|---|---|---|
| Foli in the Hindi language | ||
| फोली | pholi | - |
| Foli in the Russian language | ||
| Фоли | foli | - |
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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 Foli
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