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
Foloh occurs more in Cameroon more than any other country/territory. It can also occur in the variant forms:. Click here for further possible spellings of this surname.
How Common Is The Last Name Foloh? popularity and diffusion
The surname is the 1,581,912th most commonly held surname on earth, held by approximately 1 in 56,492,604 people. It 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. Foloh is also the 1,994,417th most frequently used first name internationally. It is borne by 28 people.
The surname is most frequent in Cameroon, where it is carried by 104 people, or 1 in 199,703. In Cameroon it is most common in: Northwest Region, where 40 percent are found, Southwest Region, where 31 percent are found and Centre Region, where 24 percent are found. Excluding Cameroon Foloh exists in 2 countries. It is also common in Papua New Guinea, where 11 percent are found and Iran, where 9 percent are found.
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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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