Fololo Surname

602,749th
Most Common
surname in the World

Approximately 515 people bear this surname

Most prevalent in:
South Africa
Highest density in:
South Africa

Fololo Surname

The meaning of this surname is not listed.

Fololo Surname Distribution Map

PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
South Africa3551:152,61317,281
DR Congo1571:470,57138,110
Cameroon11:20,769,068227,406
England11:55,718,059489,080
Zimbabwe11:15,438,240133,260

The alternate forms: Fòlôlô (1) are calculated separately.

Fololo (268) may also be a first name.

Fololo Last Name Facts

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

The last name Fololo (Russian: Фололо) is borne by more people in South Africa than any other country/territory. It can be found as: Fòlôlô. Click here to see other potential spellings of this last name.

How Common Is The Last Name Fololo? popularity and diffusion

The last name Fololo is the 602,749th most commonly occurring last name on a worldwide basis, held by approximately 1 in 14,150,575 people. This surname occurs mostly in Africa, where 100 percent of Fololo are found; 69 percent are found in Southern Africa and 69 percent are found in South Bantu Africa. Fololo is also the 543,171st most frequently occurring first name worldwide, held by 268 people.

Fololo is most frequent in South Africa, where it is held by 355 people, or 1 in 152,613. In South Africa it is most numerous in: Eastern Cape, where 74 percent are found, KwaZulu-Natal, where 14 percent are found and Western Cape, where 7 percent are found. Other than South Africa Fololo is found in 4 countries. It is also found in The DR Congo, where 30 percent are found and Cameroon, where 0 percent are found.

Fololo Last Name Statistics demography

Fololo earn significantly less than the average income. In South Africa they earn 32.2% less than the national average, earning R 161,112 per year.

Phonetically Similar Names

SurnameSimilarityWorldwide IncidencePrevalency
Fotlolo921/
Foliolo921/
Folola8370/
Falolo8329/
Fulolo8326/
Folalo836/
Felolo834/
Vololo831/
Fòlôlô831/
Falolou77637/
Folalou77288/
Phololo7720/
Fuloloo772/
Felolio771/
Pholoelo7117/
Phohlolo719/
Fallolou717/
Fa'alolo712/
Fauloloa712/
Faloulou711/
Falola6714,807/
Vulolo6724/
Velolo6712/
Folela676/
Volelo671/
Folala671/
Volola671/

Fololo Name Transliterations

TransliterationICU LatinPercentage of Incidence
Fololo in the Russian language
Фололоfololo-

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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 Fololo
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