Foligan Surname
Approximately 536 people bear this surname
Foligan Surname Distribution Map
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| Togo | 525 | 1:13,805 | 3,854 |
| Benin | 4 | 1:2,583,900 | 73,293 |
| Nigeria | 3 | 1:59,047,586 | 507,603 |
| France | 1 | 1:66,422,722 | 504,397 |
| Ghana | 1 | 1:27,020,692 | 23,742 |
| Ivory Coast | 1 | 1:23,071,232 | 76,679 |
| United States | 1 | 1:362,458,933 | 1,988,048 |
Foligan Last Name Facts
Where Does The Last Name Foligan Come From? nationality or country of origin
The last name Foligan occurs in Togo more than any other country/territory. It can be found in the variant forms:. Click here for other possible spellings of this name.
How Common Is The Last Name Foligan? popularity and diffusion
It is the 584,278th most frequent family name world-wide. It is borne by approximately 1 in 13,596,168 people. This last name occurs mostly in Africa, where 100 percent of Foligan are found; 100 percent are found in West Africa and 100 percent are found in Atlantic-Niger Africa.
The last name is most numerous in Togo, where it is borne by 525 people, or 1 in 13,805. Without taking into account Togo it is found in 6 countries. It is also common in Benin, where 1 percent are found and Nigeria, where 1 percent are found.
Phonetically Similar Names
| Surname | Similarity | Worldwide Incidence | Prevalency |
|---|---|---|---|
| Folligan | 93 | 46 | / |
| Fuligan | 86 | 13 | / |
| Feligan | 86 | 4 | / |
| Faligan | 86 | 4 | / |
| Voligan | 86 | 1 | / |
| Faligant | 80 | 110 | / |
| Faligand | 80 | 94 | / |
| Falligan | 80 | 85 | / |
| Follygan | 80 | 28 | / |
| Falighan | 80 | 1 | / |
| Fulligan | 80 | 0 | / |
| Falligant | 75 | 78 | / |
| Follyganh | 75 | 1 | / |
| Falegan | 71 | 992 | / |
| Faligon | 71 | 42 | / |
| Veligan | 71 | 35 | / |
| Feligon | 71 | 7 | / |
| Valigan | 71 | 3 | / |
| Felegan | 71 | 2 | / |
| Valligan | 67 | 1 | / |
| Faleagan | 67 | 1 | / |
| Vallaigan | 63 | 1 | / |
| Fallesgan | 63 | 1 | / |
| Veligon | 57 | 56 | / |
| Velegan | 57 | 13 | / |
| Velugan | 57 | 3 | / |
| Valeghan | 53 | 6 | / |
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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 Foligan
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