Foulane Surname
Approximately 407 people bear this surname
Foulane Surname Distribution Map
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| Morocco | 239 | 1:144,251 | 25,171 |
| Algeria | 133 | 1:290,463 | 28,978 |
| Mauritania | 16 | 1:255,929 | 11,901 |
| Denmark | 11 | 1:513,156 | 32,022 |
| Canada | 5 | 1:7,369,118 | 289,406 |
| Burkina Faso | 1 | 1:18,352,100 | 30,051 |
| Mali | 1 | 1:16,969,035 | 4,067 |
| Saudi Arabia | 1 | 1:30,855,817 | 63,028 |
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| United States | 5 | 1:10,043,737 | 422,899 |
Foulane Last Name Facts
Where Does The Last Name Foulane Come From? nationality or country of origin
The last name Foulane (Hassaniya-Arabic: ﻓﻼﻥ) is more commonly found in Morocco than any other country or territory. It can also be rendered as a variant:. Click here for further potential spellings of this last name.
How Common Is The Last Name Foulane? popularity and diffusion
Foulane is the 717,442nd most commonly occurring family name world-wide, held by around 1 in 17,905,518 people. The last name is predominantly found in Africa, where 96 percent of Foulane are found; 91 percent are found in North Africa and 91 percent are found in Mahgreb.
This surname is most frequently occurring in Morocco, where it is carried by 239 people, or 1 in 144,251. Barring Morocco it exists in 7 countries. It is also common in Algeria, where 33 percent live and Mauritania, where 4 percent live.
Phonetically Similar Names
Foulane Name Transliterations
| Transliteration | ICU Latin | Percentage of Incidence |
|---|---|---|
| Foulane in the Hassaniya-Arabic language | ||
| ﻓﻼﻥ | flan | 80 |
| ﺍﻟﻔﻼﻥ | alflan | 20 |
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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 Foulane
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