Follow Surname

656,126th
Most Common
surname in the World

Approximately 459 people bear this surname

Most prevalent in:
Iran
Highest density in:
Iran

Follow Surname

The meaning of this surname is not listed.

Follow Surname Distribution Map

PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
Iran4091:187,73215,435
United States171:21,321,114641,998
India61:127,844,230863,365
England51:11,143,612252,590
Afghanistan41:8,038,29630,874
Tanzania41:13,235,40384,310
Australia21:13,497,850222,987
Nigeria21:88,571,379625,098
Brazil21:107,037,1661,031,150
Mexico11:124,126,205103,776
Portugal11:10,418,24125,048
Switzerland11:8,212,915156,297
Laos11:6,588,3231,961
United Arab Emirates11:9,162,273135,437
Italy11:61,156,688199,583
Germany11:80,505,459560,955
Canada11:36,845,591464,108
PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
England251:975,01539,671
Scotland41:935,80421,348
PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
United States71:7,174,098302,835

Follow (114) may also be a first name.

Follow Last Name Facts

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

The last name Follow is found in Iran more than any other country/territory. It can also be found in the variant forms:. For other possible spellings of this last name click here.

How Common Is The Last Name Follow? popularity and diffusion

The surname is the 656,126th most prevalent last name throughout the world. It is borne by around 1 in 15,877,006 people. This last name is mostly found in Asia, where 92 percent of Follow are found; 91 percent are found in South Asia and 90 percent are found in Islamic South Asia. It is also the 877,214th most commonly held first name throughout the world, held by 114 people.

Follow is most frequently occurring in Iran, where it is held by 409 people, or 1 in 187,732. In Iran Follow is primarily concentrated in: Gilan Province, where 21 percent live, Qazvin Province, where 19 percent live and Tehran Province, where 11 percent live. Other than Iran this surname exists in 16 countries. It also occurs in The United States, where 4 percent live and India, where 1 percent live.

Follow Family Population Trend historical fluctuation

The prevalency of Follow has changed through the years. In The United States the number of people who held the Follow surname expanded 243 percent between 1880 and 2014 and in England it fell 80 percent between 1881 and 2014.

Follow Last Name Statistics demography

In The United States those bearing the Follow last name are 46.77% more likely to be registered with the Democratic Party than the national average, with 100% registered to vote for the political party.

Follow earn around the same as the average income. In United States they earn 1.71% more than the national average, earning $43,886 USD per year.

Phonetically Similar Names

SurnameSimilarityWorldwide IncidencePrevalency
Fallow83863/
Folowa8346/
Folowe8322/
Fullow838/
Foulow831/
Folows831/
Vollow830/
Fallowe778/
Follova772/
Foolowa771/
Fhellow771/
Falow73125/
Felow7330/
Folov7325/
Volow7313/
Folof736/
Fulow733/
Fallhowe713/
Fallaw67704/
Vallow67305/
Fehlow67263/
Folawe6735/
Folova6719/
Feelow6711/
Falowa677/
Fallov676/
Falowe674/
Vollov673/
Fotlov672/
Fullov672/
Foloif671/
Folofe671/
Felhow671/
Fuilow671/
Falows670/
Fuloow670/
Faloow670/

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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 Follow
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