Folou Surname
Approximately 125 people bear this surname
Folou Surname Distribution Map
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| Ivory Coast | 74 | 1:311,773 | 11,581 |
| Lesotho | 28 | 1:72,591 | 9,509 |
| Cameroon | 12 | 1:1,730,756 | 92,157 |
| Greece | 6 | 1:1,846,632 | 89,049 |
| Benin | 3 | 1:3,445,201 | 77,822 |
| Canada | 1 | 1:36,845,591 | 464,108 |
| England | 1 | 1:55,718,059 | 489,080 |
Folou (26) may also be a first name.
Folou Last Name Facts
Where Does The Last Name Folou Come From? nationality or country of origin
The surname Folou has its highest incidence in The Ivory Coast. It may also occur as:. For other possible spellings of this last name click here.
How Common Is The Last Name Folou? popularity and diffusion
The last name is the 1,612,213th most frequently held family name on earth. It is borne by around 1 in 58,300,367 people. The last name is predominantly found in Africa, where 38 percent of Folou are found; 22 percent are found in Southern Africa and 22 percent are found in South Bantu Africa. Folou is also the 2,084,397th most widespread first name in the world It is held by 26 people.
Folou is most commonly occurring in The Ivory Coast, where it is borne by 74 people, or 1 in 311,773. In The Ivory Coast Folou is primarily found in: Abidjan Autonomous District, where 93 percent live, Lagunes District, where 5 percent live and Sassandra-Marahoué District, where 1 percent live. Not including The Ivory Coast this last name exists in 6 countries. It is also common in Lesotho, where 22 percent live and Cameroon, where 10 percent live.
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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 Folou
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