Folom Surname

4,649,889th
Most Common
surname in the World

Approximately 18 people bear this surname

Most prevalent in:
Malaysia
Highest density in:
Malaysia

Folom Surname

The meaning of this surname is not listed.

Folom Surname Distribution Map

PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
Malaysia151:1,966,28278,777
Liberia21:2,204,26840,131
United States11:362,458,9331,988,048

Folom Last Name Facts

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

The last name Folom (Russian: Фолом) is carried by more people in Malaysia than any other country or territory. It may also be rendered as:. For other potential spellings of this last name click here.

How Common Is The Last Name Folom? popularity and diffusion

The last name is the 4,649,889th most frequently used last name worldwide. It is borne by around 1 in 404,863,662 people. Folom is predominantly found in Asia, where 83 percent of Folom live; 83 percent live in Southeast Asia and 83 percent live in Malayo-Arabic Southeast Asia.

This surname is most frequently occurring in Malaysia, where it is carried by 15 people, or 1 in 1,966,282. In Malaysia it is mostly concentrated in: Perlis, where 100 percent are found. Not including Malaysia this surname occurs in 2 countries. It is also found in Liberia, where 11 percent are found and The United States, where 6 percent are found.

Phonetically Similar Names

SurnameSimilarityWorldwide IncidencePrevalency
Foloum9177/
Foilom9124/
Folosm914/
Folome913/
Follom912/
Folgom910/
Volom8098/
Folon8075/
Felom8020/
Falom808/
Folam807/
Folum801/
Folomova7729/
Foulon7313,458/
Follon73643/
Folong73232/
Follum7375/
Fullom7348/
Folone7330/
Falome7327/
Vollom7327/
Foulum7311/
Volomh739/
Fallom736/
Folium736/
Folion734/
Pholom734/
Foulam733/
Foylon731/
Foolam731/
Folume731/
Faloum731/
Voloom731/
Fhalom731/
Feloum731/
Follam731/
Folgum731/
Fulosm731/
Fulgom730/
Folont730/
Folond730/
Foullon67329/
Photlom67306/
Follone67144/
Follong6777/
Folaham6710/
Phoulom679/
Foulont676/
Pholhom675/
Pholome675/
Follion672/
Falhoom671/
Vouloum671/
Fulliom671/
Foillon671/
Foulame671/
Foulgon671/
Fouloun671/
Foileon670/
Foulham670/

Folom Name Transliterations

TransliterationICU LatinPercentage of Incidence
Folom in the Russian language
Фоломfolom-

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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 Folom
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