Folmo Surname

2,185,341st
Most Common
surname in the World

Approximately 75 people bear this surname

Most prevalent in:
Norway
Highest density in:
Norway

Folmo Surname

The meaning of this surname is not listed.

Folmo Surname Distribution Map

PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
Norway611:84,30011,704
Liberia131:339,11818,650
United States11:362,458,9331,988,048

Folmo Last Name Facts

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

The surname Folmo is borne by more people in Norway than any other country or territory. It can occur as:. Click here for further possible spellings of this surname.

How Common Is The Last Name Folmo? popularity and diffusion

It is the 2,185,341st most frequently used last name internationally, held by approximately 1 in 97,167,279 people. Folmo occurs predominantly in Europe, where 81 percent of Folmo reside; 81 percent reside in Northern Europe and 81 percent reside in Scandinavia.

The last name Folmo is most frequently held in Norway, where it is held by 61 people, or 1 in 84,300. In Norway Folmo is mostly concentrated in: Eastern Norway, where 92 percent are found and Western Norway, where 8 percent are found. Excluding Norway this surname exists in 2 countries. It also occurs in Liberia, where 17 percent are found and The United States, where 1 percent are found.

Folmo Last Name Statistics demography

Folmo earn notably more than the average income. In Norway they earn 18.72% more than the national average, earning 410,881 kr per year.

Phonetically Similar Names

SurnameSimilarityWorldwide IncidencePrevalency
Foulmo912/
Folmod911/
Falmo8050/
Folma809/
Volmo805/
Fulmo801/
Vollmo7323/
Fallmo7319/
Falmos739/
Foolma735/
Foulma734/
Pholmo731/
Follmouth711/
Pholmoo673/
Fatelmo671/

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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 Folmo
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