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
Follay occurs more in Liberia more than any other country/territory. It may also occur in the variant forms:. For other possible spellings of this name click here.
How Common Is The Last Name Follay? popularity and diffusion
The surname is the 1,649,806th most commonly occurring family name on a worldwide basis It is held by approximately 1 in 60,227,652 people. It occurs predominantly 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. It is also the 1,911,214th most widely held first name world-wide It is held by 30 people.
The last name Follay is most prevalent in Liberia, where it is borne by 118 people, or 1 in 37,360. In Liberia it is mostly found in: Lofa County, where 42 percent are found, Montserrado County, where 35 percent are found and Margibi County, where 19 percent are found. Beside Liberia it occurs in 3 countries. It is also common in Brazil, where 1 percent are found and Canada, where 1 percent are found.
Follay Family Population Trend historical fluctuation
The frequency of Follay has changed through the years. In The United States the share of the population with the surname fell 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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