Foula Surname
Approximately 1,791 people bear this surname
Foula Surname Distribution Map
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| Egypt | 671 | 1:137,013 | 10,788 |
| Cameroon | 429 | 1:48,413 | 6,332 |
| Congo | 395 | 1:12,631 | 1,629 |
| Niger | 181 | 1:106,033 | 4,302 |
| Benin | 37 | 1:279,341 | 23,629 |
| United States | 19 | 1:19,076,786 | 604,894 |
| Gabon | 9 | 1:209,910 | 2,378 |
| Morocco | 9 | 1:3,830,678 | 54,497 |
| Greece | 6 | 1:1,846,632 | 89,049 |
| DR Congo | 4 | 1:18,469,892 | 182,906 |
| United Arab Emirates | 4 | 1:2,290,568 | 60,372 |
| Saudi Arabia | 4 | 1:7,713,954 | 37,548 |
| Palestine | 4 | 1:1,137,212 | 16,054 |
| France | 2 | 1:33,211,361 | 423,184 |
| Indonesia | 2 | 1:66,124,597 | 756,638 |
| Nigeria | 2 | 1:88,571,379 | 625,098 |
| Algeria | 1 | 1:38,631,551 | 130,422 |
| Chad | 1 | 1:13,592,199 | 13,092 |
| Togo | 1 | 1:7,247,768 | 12,049 |
| Spain | 1 | 1:46,752,036 | 156,870 |
| South Africa | 1 | 1:54,177,704 | 343,732 |
| Brazil | 1 | 1:214,074,332 | 1,693,628 |
| Lebanon | 1 | 1:5,637,083 | 32,436 |
| Jordan | 1 | 1:8,842,437 | 26,010 |
| Ivory Coast | 1 | 1:23,071,232 | 76,679 |
| Iraq | 1 | 1:35,021,654 | 31,813 |
| Guinea | 1 | 1:11,833,817 | 3,268 |
| England | 1 | 1:55,718,059 | 489,080 |
| Burkina Faso | 1 | 1:18,352,100 | 30,051 |
Foula (829) may also be a first name.
Foula Demographics
Average Foula Salary in
United States
$20,319 USD
Per year
Average Salary in
United States
$43,149 USD
Per year
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Foula Last Name Facts
Where Does The Last Name Foula Come From? nationality or country of origin
The surname Foula (Hassaniya-Arabic: ﻓﻮﻟﻪ) is borne by more people in Egypt than any other country/territory. It may also occur in the variant forms:. Click here for further potential spellings of this last name.
How Common Is The Last Name Foula? popularity and diffusion
Foula is the 226,599th most frequent family name at a global level, borne by approximately 1 in 4,068,982 people. The last name Foula is predominantly found in Africa, where 97 percent of Foula live; 43 percent live in Central Africa and 40 percent live in Central Bantu Africa. It is also the 283,643rd most widely held given name at a global level It is held by 829 people.
Foula is most frequently used in Egypt, where it is held by 671 people, or 1 in 137,013. Besides Egypt Foula occurs in 28 countries. It also occurs in Cameroon, where 24 percent are found and The Congo, where 22 percent are found.
Foula Last Name Statistics demography
Foula earn less than half the average income. In United States they earn 52.91% less than the national average, earning $20,319 USD per year.
Phonetically Similar Names
Foula Name Transliterations
| Transliteration | ICU Latin | Percentage of Incidence |
|---|---|---|
| Foula in the Hassaniya-Arabic language | ||
| ﻓﻮﻟﻪ | fwlh | - |
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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 Foula
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