Foulla Surname
Approximately 1,021 people bear this surname
Foulla Surname Distribution Map
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| Cameroon | 997 | 1:20,832 | 2,830 |
| Chad | 9 | 1:1,510,244 | 5,402 |
| Morocco | 9 | 1:3,830,678 | 54,497 |
| Niger | 4 | 1:4,798,004 | 75,547 |
| Algeria | 1 | 1:38,631,551 | 130,422 |
| Benin | 1 | 1:10,335,602 | 103,742 |
Foulla (163) may also be a first name.
Foulla Last Name Facts
Where Does The Last Name Foulla Come From? nationality or country of origin
The last name Foulla is more commonly found in Cameroon than any other country or territory. It may appear as:. Click here for further possible spellings of this last name.
How Common Is The Last Name Foulla? popularity and diffusion
The last name is the 355,911th most commonly used last name on earth It is held by around 1 in 7,137,655 people. This surname occurs mostly in Africa, where 100 percent of Foulla live; 82 percent live in West Africa and 61 percent live in Chadic Africa. It is also the 717,791st most commonly held first name throughout the world, borne by 163 people.
The surname is most frequently occurring in Cameroon, where it is borne by 997 people, or 1 in 20,832. In Cameroon it is mostly concentrated in: Far North Region, where 72 percent are found, North Region, where 11 percent are found and Littoral Region, where 10 percent are found. Not including Cameroon this surname exists in 5 countries. It is also found in Chad, where 1 percent are found and Morocco, 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 Foulla
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