Follay Surname
Approximately 121 people bear this surname
Follay Surname Distribution Map
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| Liberia | 118 | 1:37,360 | 3,460 |
| Brazil | 1 | 1:214,074,332 | 1,693,628 |
| Canada | 1 | 1:36,845,591 | 464,108 |
| United States | 1 | 1:362,458,933 | 1,988,048 |
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| England | 1 | 1:24,375,369 | 195,128 |
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| United States | 17 | 1:2,954,040 | 135,915 |
Follay (30) may also be a first name.
Follay Last Name Facts
Where Does The Last Name Follay Come From? nationality or country of origin
The surname Follay is most common in Liberia. It may also occur in the variant forms:. For other potential spellings of this surname click here.
How Common Is The Last Name Follay? popularity and diffusion
The last name Follay is the 1,649,806th most commonly held surname globally, held by approximately 1 in 60,227,652 people. The surname Follay is predominantly found in Africa, where 98 percent of Follay are found; 98 percent are found in West Africa and 98 percent are found in Anglo-West Africa. Follay is also the 1,911,214th most commonly used first name world-wide, borne by 30 people.
This surname is most commonly occurring in Liberia, where it is held by 118 people, or 1 in 37,360. In Liberia it is most prevalent in: Lofa County, where 42 percent reside, Montserrado County, where 35 percent reside and Margibi County, where 19 percent reside. Besides Liberia this last name exists in 3 countries. It is also found in Brazil, where 1 percent reside and Canada, where 1 percent reside.
Follay Family Population Trend historical fluctuation
The frequency of Follay has changed through the years. In The United States the number of people bearing the Follay last name declined 94 percent between 1880 and 2014.
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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 Follay
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