Foloh Surname
Approximately 129 people bear this surname
Foloh Surname Distribution Map
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| Cameroon | 104 | 1:199,703 | 20,621 |
| Papua New Guinea | 14 | 1:582,408 | 70,330 |
| Iran | 11 | 1:6,980,229 | 145,986 |
Foloh (28) may also be a first name.
Foloh Last Name Facts
Where Does The Last Name Foloh Come From? nationality or country of origin
The surname Foloh has its highest incidence in Cameroon. It may be found in the variant forms:. Click here for further potential spellings of this last name.
How Common Is The Last Name Foloh? popularity and diffusion
The last name Foloh is the 1,581,912th most frequent last name on a worldwide basis, held by approximately 1 in 56,492,604 people. The surname is mostly found in Africa, where 81 percent of Foloh live; 81 percent live in Central Africa and 81 percent live in Central Bantu Africa. It is also the 1,994,417th most frequently used first name globally. It is borne by 28 people.
The last name Foloh is most commonly used in Cameroon, where it is borne by 104 people, or 1 in 199,703. In Cameroon it is most common in: Northwest Region, where 40 percent reside, Southwest Region, where 31 percent reside and Centre Region, where 24 percent reside. Outside of Cameroon this last name occurs in 2 countries. It is also common in Papua New Guinea, where 11 percent reside and Iran, where 9 percent reside.
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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 Foloh
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