Foulga Surname
Approximately 91 people bear this surname
Foulga Surname Distribution Map
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| Burkina Faso | 90 | 1:203,912 | 4,405 |
| Niger | 1 | 1:19,192,017 | 110,060 |
Foulga (13) may also be a first name.
Foulga Last Name Facts
Where Does The Last Name Foulga Come From? nationality or country of origin
The surname Foulga is more frequently found in Burkina Faso than any other country/territory. It may be rendered as a variant:. Click here for other possible spellings of this surname.
How Common Is The Last Name Foulga? popularity and diffusion
The surname is the 1,955,159th most frequently used family name at a global level, held by approximately 1 in 80,082,922 people. This last name is mostly found in Africa, where 100 percent of Foulga live; 100 percent live in West Africa and 99 percent live in Atlantic-Niger Africa. It is also the 3,159,357th most widespread first name worldwide. It is borne by 13 people.
Foulga is most numerous in Burkina Faso, where it is carried by 90 people, or 1 in 203,912. In Burkina Faso Foulga is most frequent in: Sahel Region, where 76 percent are found, Centre-Nord Region, where 23 percent are found and Est Region, where 1 percent are found. Besides Burkina Faso it is found in one country. It is also common in Niger, where 1 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 Foulga
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