Folotia Surname
Approximately 29 people bear this surname
Folotia Surname Distribution Map
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| Zambia | 16 | 1:990,620 | 29,787 |
| Lesotho | 10 | 1:203,256 | 14,332 |
| DR Congo | 1 | 1:73,879,570 | 260,543 |
| Malawi | 1 | 1:17,119,109 | 34,144 |
| Zimbabwe | 1 | 1:15,438,240 | 133,260 |
Folotia Last Name Facts
Where Does The Last Name Folotia Come From? nationality or country of origin
The last name Folotia is borne by more people in Zambia than any other country or territory. It may be rendered as:. Click here for further potential spellings of Folotia.
How Common Is The Last Name Folotia? popularity and diffusion
It is the 3,665,662nd most frequently held surname on earth, held by approximately 1 in 251,294,687 people. This last name is mostly found in Africa, where 100 percent of Folotia reside; 97 percent reside in Southern Africa and 97 percent reside in South Bantu Africa.
This last name is most commonly used in Zambia, where it is carried by 16 people, or 1 in 990,620. In Zambia it is primarily concentrated in: Copperbelt Province, where 94 percent are found and Lusaka Province, where 6 percent are found. Not including Zambia this last name exists in 4 countries. It is also common in Lesotho, where 34 percent are found and The DR Congo, where 3 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 Folotia
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