Folonja Surname
Approximately 4 people bear this surname
Folonja Surname Distribution Map
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| Tanzania | 3 | 1:17,647,204 | 107,932 |
| Kenya | 1 | 1:46,179,900 | 103,372 |
Folonja Last Name Facts
Where Does The Last Name Folonja Come From? nationality or country of origin
The surname Folonja is borne by more people in Tanzania than any other country or territory. It can appear in the variant forms:. Click here for other potential spellings of this name.
How Common Is The Last Name Folonja? popularity and diffusion
This last name is the 8,968,613th most commonly occurring family name internationally It is held by around 1 in 1,821,886,479 people. The surname is primarily found in Africa, where 100 percent of Folonja are found; 100 percent are found in East Africa and 100 percent are found in East Bantu Africa.
Folonja is most widely held in Tanzania, where it is carried by 3 people, or 1 in 17,647,204. In Tanzania Folonja is most common in: Dar es Salaam Region, where 33 percent are found and Pwani Region, where 33 percent are found. Barring Tanzania this last name is found in one country. It is also common in Kenya, where 25 percent are found.
Phonetically Similar Names
| Surname | Similarity | Worldwide Incidence | Prevalency |
|---|---|---|---|
| Folonia | 86 | 1 | / |
| Folonya | 86 | 1 | / |
| Folonias | 80 | 1 | / |
| Foloniah | 80 | 1 | / |
| Felonia | 71 | 1,332 | / |
| Folonso | 71 | 148 | / |
| Folenjo | 71 | 12 | / |
| Falonia | 71 | 10 | / |
| Volonje | 71 | 9 | / |
| Folanya | 71 | 4 | / |
| Volonza | 71 | 1 | / |
| Valonja | 71 | 1 | / |
| Volonji | 71 | 1 | / |
| Volonia | 71 | 1 | / |
| Velonja | 71 | 1 | / |
| Folonie | 71 | 0 | / |
| Folenia | 71 | 0 | / |
| Folonier | 67 | 289 | / |
| Foulogne | 67 | 255 | / |
| Folonsho | 67 | 167 | / |
| Folounso | 67 | 149 | / |
| Foloinso | 67 | 5 | / |
| Volonjeh | 67 | 4 | / |
| Foloncho | 67 | 2 | / |
| Folomnso | 67 | 2 | / |
| Falianja | 67 | 1 | / |
| Phologna | 67 | 1 | / |
| Foulonge | 67 | 1 | / |
| Foulania | 67 | 1 | / |
| Foloniez | 67 | 1 | / |
| Fallogna | 67 | 1 | / |
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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 Folonja
- To find out more about this surname's family history, lookup records on FamilySearch, MyHeritage, FindMyPast and Ancestry. Further information may be obtained by DNA analysis