Foluso Surname

751,291st
Most Common
surname in the World

Approximately 382 people bear this surname

Most prevalent in:
Nigeria
Highest density in:
Nigeria

Foluso Surname

The meaning of this surname is not listed.

Foluso Surname Distribution Map

PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
Nigeria3711:477,47424,038
England81:6,964,757184,742
Ireland11:4,708,93929,543
Spain11:46,752,036156,870
United States11:362,458,9331,988,048

Foluso (7,563) may also be a first name.

Foluso Last Name Facts

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

The last name Foluso is carried by more people in Nigeria than any other country/territory. It may also appear in the variant forms:. For other potential spellings of this surname click here.

How Common Is The Last Name Foluso? popularity and diffusion

The last name is the 751,291st most commonly held last name on earth, held by approximately 1 in 19,077,345 people. Foluso occurs mostly in Africa, where 97 percent of Foluso live; 97 percent live in West Africa and 97 percent live in Atlantic-Niger Africa. It is also the 73,800th most frequent given name on earth, borne by 7,563 people.

This surname is most commonly used in Nigeria, where it is held by 371 people, or 1 in 477,474. In Nigeria it is most numerous in: Ekiti, where 28 percent reside, Ondo, where 23 percent reside and Osun, where 13 percent reside. Barring Nigeria this surname occurs in 4 countries. It is also found in England, where 2 percent reside and Ireland, where 0 percent reside.

Phonetically Similar Names

SurnameSimilarityWorldwide IncidencePrevalency
Folusho92341/
Folluso923/
Folouso923/
Folusso921/
Folousho867/
Foloso8387/
Faluso8323/
Folohusho802/
Follousho801/
Folloso771,125/
Folosho7770/
Falusso7716/
Fulusho773/
Fohliso771/
Folosio771/
Fulluso771/
Felusio771/
Folusha771/
Folucho771/
Foliusia711/
Falujo67607/
Faloutsos67152/
Folisa6775/
Faloutsou6750/
Faliso6732/
Fulusa6714/
Veluso6712/
Folosa679/
Feliso678/
Falusa672/
Foloza672/
Valuso672/
Voluzo671/
Faluco671/

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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 Foluso
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