Fouala Surname

6,360,413th
Most Common
surname in the World

Approximately 9 people bear this surname

Most prevalent in:
Gabon
Highest density in:
Gabon

Fouala Surname

The meaning of this surname is not listed.

Fouala Surname Distribution Map

PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
Gabon41:472,2983,618
Cameroon21:10,384,534165,830
Congo21:2,494,54828,763
Algeria11:38,631,551130,422

Fouala Last Name Facts

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

Fouala is most common in Gabon. It can also be found in the variant forms:. Click here to see other potential spellings of this surname.

How Common Is The Last Name Fouala? popularity and diffusion

This last name is the 6,360,413th most prevalent last name internationally, held by approximately 1 in 809,727,324 people. The surname Fouala is predominantly found in Africa, where 100 percent of Fouala live; 89 percent live in Central Africa and 89 percent live in Central Bantu Africa.

The surname is most frequently occurring in Gabon, where it is borne by 4 people, or 1 in 472,298. Beside Gabon Fouala occurs in 3 countries. It also occurs in Cameroon, where 22 percent live and The Congo, where 22 percent live.

Phonetically Similar Names

SurnameSimilarityWorldwide IncidencePrevalency
Foala918/
Fouali83627/
Foalea8363/
Foualy8359/
Fouola838/
Foalya833/
Faoula832/
Foualo831/
Fouale831/
Fauala831/
Foualou777/
Foually774/
Fuealia771/
Fouhola771/
Fhouale771/
Fouaili771/
Fouhale771/
Foallah771/
Faoulat771/
Foale732,019/
Faola73740/
Foalo732/
Foali731/
Voala731/
Foaly730/
Fouailly7162/
Fiehoula711/
Fouhayle711/
Fujihala711/
Faiola672,737/
Fayola67660/
Foalet6752/
Faaola6747/
Fajola6737/
Foalis6732/
Foalle6723/
Faualo6711/
Fahola6710/
Faouly678/
Fuhalo674/
Fouolo672/
Feiola672/
Faoule672/
Faouli672/
Foyola671/
Foales671/
Fuhale671/
Fojola671/
Voalea671/
Faoola671/
Fògola671/
Foaliş671/
Fuyola671/
Feeala670/
Foaler670/
Foally670/
Foaley670/

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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 Fouala
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