Foolah Surname
Approximately 7 people bear this surname
Foolah Surname Distribution Map
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| Mauritius | 6 | 1:215,570 | 8,537 |
| Iran | 1 | 1:76,782,524 | 277,718 |
Foolah Last Name Facts
Where Does The Last Name Foolah Come From? nationality or country of origin
Foolah is found most frequently in Mauritius. It may occur as a variant:. Click here for further potential spellings of this surname.
How Common Is The Last Name Foolah? popularity and diffusion
The surname Foolah is the 7,117,718th most frequently occurring family name in the world, held by approximately 1 in 1,041,077,988 people. It is predominantly found in Africa, where 86 percent of Foolah are found; 86 percent are found in Southern Africa and 86 percent are found in Southern African Indian Ocean.
Foolah is most numerous in Mauritius, where it is borne by 6 people, or 1 in 215,570. In Mauritius Foolah is most frequent in: Flacq District, where 67 percent are found, Pamplemousses District, where 17 percent are found and Rivière du Rempart District, where 17 percent are found. Outside of Mauritius it is found in one country. It is also common in Iran, where 14 percent are found.
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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 Foolah
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