Folomu Surname

4,908,606th
Most Common
surname in the World

Approximately 16 people bear this surname

Most prevalent in:
Zimbabwe
Highest density in:
Zimbabwe

Folomu Surname

The meaning of this surname is not listed.

Folomu Surname Distribution Map

PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
Zimbabwe121:1,286,52073,455
United States21:181,229,4661,556,795
Australia11:26,995,701270,794
New Zealand11:4,528,32355,372

Folomu Last Name Facts

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

The surname Folomu occurs more in Zimbabwe more than any other country or territory. It may be rendered as:. For other potential spellings of this surname click here.

How Common Is The Last Name Folomu? popularity and diffusion

The last name Folomu is the 4,908,606th most commonly held last name worldwide It is held by approximately 1 in 455,471,620 people. The surname Folomu is mostly found in Africa, where 75 percent of Folomu are found; 75 percent are found in Southern Africa and 75 percent are found in South Bantu Africa.

Folomu is most commonly held in Zimbabwe, where it is held by 12 people, or 1 in 1,286,520. In Zimbabwe it is most frequent in: Masvingo Province, where 100 percent live. Apart from Zimbabwe this last name exists in 3 countries. It also occurs in The United States, where 13 percent live and Australia, where 6 percent live.

Phonetically Similar Names

SurnameSimilarityWorldwide IncidencePrevalency
Folamu839/
Falomu831/
Folemuh773/
Felomou771/
Falemu67378/
Felemu67291/
Fulumu6714/
Falamu675/
Vouloumou672/
Faleemu6214/
Faleumu627/
Falhumu622/
Vollemu621/
Phelomu621/
Falomooh572/
Voulemou571/
Phollamud535/
Velemu50857/
Valamu5030/
Vulumu509/
Valumu505/
Velamu501/

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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 Folomu
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