Folu Surname
Approximately 58 people bear this surname
Folu Surname Distribution Map
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| Nigeria | 31 | 1:5,714,283 | 142,531 |
| Indonesia | 17 | 1:7,779,364 | 314,803 |
| England | 3 | 1:18,572,686 | 338,250 |
| Ireland | 1 | 1:4,708,939 | 29,543 |
| Liberia | 1 | 1:4,408,535 | 47,110 |
| New Zealand | 1 | 1:4,528,323 | 55,372 |
| Poland | 1 | 1:38,008,749 | 231,653 |
| Spain | 1 | 1:46,752,036 | 156,870 |
| Turkey | 1 | 1:77,821,422 | 191,047 |
| United States | 1 | 1:362,458,933 | 1,988,048 |
Folu (747) may also be a first name.
Folu Last Name Facts
Where Does The Last Name Folu Come From? nationality or country of origin
Folu (Hindi: फोलू) is more commonly found in Nigeria than any other country or territory. It can also occur in the variant forms:. For other potential spellings of this last name click here.
How Common Is The Last Name Folu? popularity and diffusion
The surname Folu is the 2,530,696th most widely held last name at a global level It is held by approximately 1 in 125,647,343 people. It is mostly found in Africa, where 55 percent of Folu reside; 55 percent reside in West Africa and 53 percent reside in Atlantic-Niger Africa. Folu is also the 300,818th most widely held first name internationally It is held by 747 people.
This last name is most widely held in Nigeria, where it is held by 31 people, or 1 in 5,714,283. In Nigeria it is primarily found in: Niger, where 58 percent live, Oyo, where 10 percent live and Benue, where 3 percent live. Without taking into account Nigeria this surname occurs in 9 countries. It also occurs in Indonesia, where 29 percent live and England, where 5 percent live.
Phonetically Similar Names
Folu Name Transliterations
| Transliteration | ICU Latin | Percentage of Incidence |
|---|---|---|
| Folu in the Hindi language | ||
| फोलू | pholu | - |
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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 Folu
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