Folotiya Surname
Approximately 340 people bear this surname
Folotiya Surname Distribution Map
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| Malawi | 183 | 1:93,547 | 11,397 |
| Zambia | 150 | 1:105,666 | 8,338 |
| South Africa | 3 | 1:18,059,235 | 248,362 |
| England | 2 | 1:27,859,030 | 389,889 |
| DR Congo | 1 | 1:73,879,570 | 260,543 |
| Zimbabwe | 1 | 1:15,438,240 | 133,260 |
Folotiya (11) may also be a first name.
Folotiya Last Name Facts
Where Does The Last Name Folotiya Come From? nationality or country of origin
The last name Folotiya is borne by more people in Malawi than any other country/territory. It can be rendered as:. Click here for other potential spellings of this surname.
How Common Is The Last Name Folotiya? popularity and diffusion
Folotiya is the 818,364th most commonly occurring family name on a worldwide basis, held by around 1 in 21,433,959 people. Folotiya is primarily found in Africa, where 99 percent of Folotiya live; 99 percent live in Southern Africa and 99 percent live in South Bantu Africa. It is also the 3,487,849th most commonly used first name in the world It is held by 11 people.
Folotiya is most widespread in Malawi, where it is held by 183 people, or 1 in 93,547. Apart from Malawi this surname occurs in 5 countries. It is also common in Zambia, where 44 percent reside and South Africa, where 1 percent reside.
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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 Folotiya
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