Foluke Surname

573,706th
Most Common
surname in the World

Approximately 549 people bear this surname

Most prevalent in:
Nigeria
Highest density in:
Nigeria

Foluke Surname

The meaning of this surname is not listed.

Foluke Surname Distribution Map

PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
Nigeria4741:373,71919,928
United States471:7,711,892346,147
Canada171:2,167,388133,872
England71:7,959,723202,100
Trinidad and Tobago21:681,98817,017
Ireland11:4,708,93929,543
Thailand11:70,638,3451,175,915

Foluke (33,125) may also be a first name.

Foluke Last Name Facts

Where Does The Last Name Foluke Come From? nationality or country of origin

The surname Foluke is carried by more people in Nigeria than any other country/territory. It can appear as:. For other possible spellings of this last name click here.

How Common Is The Last Name Foluke? popularity and diffusion

The last name is the 573,706th most commonly held family name world-wide It is held by approximately 1 in 13,274,218 people. This surname occurs mostly in Africa, where 86 percent of Foluke reside; 86 percent reside in West Africa and 86 percent reside in Atlantic-Niger Africa. It is also the 25,810th most frequently used first name at a global level. It is borne by 33,125 people.

This last name is most commonly used in Nigeria, where it is borne by 474 people, or 1 in 373,719. In Nigeria it is mostly concentrated in: Ondo, where 31 percent live, Oyo, where 13 percent live and Ekiti, where 12 percent live. Apart from Nigeria this surname occurs in 6 countries. It also occurs in The United States, where 9 percent live and Canada, where 3 percent live.

Foluke Last Name Statistics demography

The religious devotion of those carrying the Foluke last name is chiefly Christian (93%) in Nigeria.

In The United States those holding the Foluke surname are 18.2% more likely to be registered Democrats than The US average, with 71.43% registered to vote for the political party.

Foluke earn somewhat less than the average income. In United States they earn 6.06% less than the national average, earning $40,533 USD per year.

Phonetically Similar Names

SurnameSimilarityWorldwide IncidencePrevalency
Folukee923/
Folouke921/
Foluk911/
Folucker861/
Fuluke8352/
Folike8310/
Foloke836/
Foluki833/
Faluke833/
Folyuk832/
Fulluke77531/
Folikie7718/
Falluke772/
Folique771/
Folouka771/
Fulyuke771/
Falukes770/
Faluk731,397/
Folok7358/
Voluk732/
Follikeu714/
Felukieh711/
Fullukke711/
Fulouske710/
Foloki67642/
Faluki67286/
Falyuk6770/
Voluck6761/
Fuluka6749/
Volukh6747/
Foloka6739/
Falike6723/
Foloky6714/
Valuke677/
Faloke676/
Felike675/
Volyuk674/
Fuloke674/
Falouk672/
Faleuk672/
Falukh672/
Pfolug671/
Faluck671/
Voluyk671/
Fuluki671/
Folock671/
Foliki671/
Faluks670/
Follouche670/

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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 Foluke
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