Folinou Surname

3,957,383rd
Most Common
surname in the World

Approximately 25 people bear this surname

Most prevalent in:
Cameroon
Highest density in:
Cameroon

Folinou Surname

The meaning of this surname is not listed.

Folinou Surname Distribution Map

PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
Cameroon211:989,00363,570
Benin21:5,167,80184,334
Northern Ireland11:1,845,03620,648
England11:55,718,059489,080

Folinou Last Name Facts

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

The last name Folinou is more commonly found in Cameroon than any other country/territory. It may appear in the variant forms:. Click here for other potential spellings of Folinou.

How Common Is The Last Name Folinou? popularity and diffusion

The surname is the 3,957,383rd most commonly occurring family name globally, held by around 1 in 291,501,837 people. The last name is mostly found in Africa, where 92 percent of Folinou are found; 84 percent are found in Central Africa and 80 percent are found in Central Bantu Africa.

The last name Folinou is most common in Cameroon, where it is borne by 21 people, or 1 in 989,003. In Cameroon Folinou is mostly concentrated in: Littoral Region, where 95 percent are found and East Region, where 5 percent are found. Without taking into account Cameroon this surname exists in 3 countries. It also occurs in Benin, where 8 percent are found and Northern Ireland, where 4 percent are found.

Phonetically Similar Names

SurnameSimilarityWorldwide IncidencePrevalency
Follinou9313/
Folino925,867/
Foligno86660/
Follino8695/
Folinus8631/
Folenou863/
Folingo862/
Folaino861/
Foliono861/
Folhino861/
Follinus8033/
Voulinou8028/
Folinusz8021/
Folina77335/
Falino77215/
Fulino77108/
Foleno7759/
Falinu772/
Falinouss753/
Folinas71163/
Follina7197/
Fuligno7170/
Foligna7160/
Foleanu7154/
Vollino7146/
Folinea7127/
Folgina7110/
Falingo717/
Foulina714/
Falainu713/
Faulino712/
Folinha712/
Velinou712/
Volinoi712/
Falinot711/
Feulino711/
Falinus711/
Fullino711/
Voilino711/
Faligno711/
Folinais6725/
Fulignot6711/
Folhinha677/
Falheino671/
Foilinha671/
Follenus670/

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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 Folinou
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