Foulano Surname
Approximately 13 people bear this surname
Foulano Surname Distribution Map
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| Niger | 8 | 1:2,399,002 | 43,750 |
| Guinea | 5 | 1:2,366,763 | 1,841 |
Foulano Last Name Facts
Where Does The Last Name Foulano Come From? nationality or country of origin
The last name Foulano is found most frequently in Niger. It can also occur in the variant forms:. For other possible spellings of this last name click here.
How Common Is The Last Name Foulano? popularity and diffusion
This last name is the 5,391,485th most frequently occurring family name worldwide It is held by approximately 1 in 560,580,455 people. The surname occurs mostly in Africa, where 100 percent of Foulano reside; 100 percent reside in West Africa and 62 percent reside in Chadic Africa.
Foulano is most frequent in Niger, where it is held by 8 people, or 1 in 2,399,002. In Niger Foulano is most prevalent in: Niamey Capital District, where 75 percent reside, Dosso Region, where 13 percent reside and Tillabéri Region, where 13 percent reside. Without taking into account Niger it occurs in one country. It also occurs in Guinea, where 38 percent reside.
Phonetically Similar Names
| Surname | Similarity | Worldwide Incidence | Prevalency |
|---|---|---|---|
| Foulanou | 93 | 1 | / |
| Fulano | 92 | 1,941 | / |
| Folano | 92 | 17 | / |
| Follano | 86 | 330 | / |
| Fullano | 86 | 83 | / |
| Fuliano | 86 | 50 | / |
| Folaino | 86 | 1 | / |
| Fogliano | 80 | 912 | / |
| Follanos | 80 | 33 | / |
| Foulanga | 80 | 9 | / |
| Fuliango | 80 | 1 | / |
| Fulliano | 80 | 0 | / |
| Folianno | 80 | 0 | / |
| Folanohy | 80 | 0 | / |
| Falano | 77 | 261 | / |
| Fulana | 77 | 200 | / |
| Volano | 77 | 50 | / |
| Folana | 77 | 19 | / |
| Fulono | 77 | 1 | / |
| Fulaño | 77 | 1 | / |
| Voulliano | 75 | 2 | / |
| Fullana | 71 | 2,541 | / |
| Failano | 71 | 1,036 | / |
| Follana | 71 | 504 | / |
| Falango | 71 | 208 | / |
| Faulana | 71 | 150 | / |
| Vollano | 71 | 104 | / |
| Fallano | 71 | 70 | / |
| Foulounoux | 71 | 63 | / |
| Fulanah | 71 | 44 | / |
| Voulana | 71 | 29 | / |
| Fuliana | 71 | 15 | / |
| Fulanga | 71 | 12 | / |
| Folanga | 71 | 10 | / |
| Falyano | 71 | 4 | / |
| Folongo | 71 | 3 | / |
| Phulano | 71 | 1 | / |
| Folanah | 71 | 1 | / |
| Foliono | 71 | 1 | / |
| Folouno | 71 | 1 | / |
| Fouloungou | 71 | 1 | / |
| Feulana | 71 | 1 | / |
| Folanaa | 71 | 1 | / |
| Falgano | 71 | 1 | / |
| Faleano | 71 | 1 | / |
| Fulongo | 71 | 1 | / |
| Falhano | 71 | 1 | / |
| Fagliano | 67 | 164 | / |
| Falliano | 67 | 31 | / |
| Foullounoux | 67 | 16 | / |
| Fogliana | 67 | 7 | / |
| Fullanas | 67 | 5 | / |
| Vulliano | 67 | 5 | / |
| Fhullana | 67 | 1 | / |
| Foolanga | 67 | 1 | / |
| Falangou | 67 | 1 | / |
| Faillano | 67 | 1 | / |
| Fuelanga | 67 | 1 | / |
| Fulgonno | 67 | 1 | / |
| Fulaisna | 67 | 1 | / |
| Volhanoh | 67 | 1 | / |
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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 Foulano
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