Foullah Surname
Approximately 1,171 people bear this surname
Foullah Surname Distribution Map
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| Chad | 1,155 | 1:11,768 | 1,513 |
| Cameroon | 7 | 1:2,967,010 | 123,373 |
| Niger | 2 | 1:9,596,008 | 86,358 |
| United States | 2 | 1:181,229,466 | 1,556,795 |
| Ghana | 1 | 1:27,020,692 | 23,742 |
| Iran | 1 | 1:76,782,524 | 277,718 |
| Saudi Arabia | 1 | 1:30,855,817 | 63,028 |
| Sierra Leone | 1 | 1:7,089,631 | 1,533 |
| Switzerland | 1 | 1:8,212,915 | 156,297 |
Foullah (557) may also be a first name.
Foullah Last Name Facts
Where Does The Last Name Foullah Come From? nationality or country of origin
The surname Foullah has its highest incidence in Chad. It may appear in the variant forms:. For other potential spellings of this last name click here.
How Common Is The Last Name Foullah? popularity and diffusion
This surname is the 319,360th most commonly occurring family name internationally. It is borne by around 1 in 6,223,353 people. The surname is predominantly found in Africa, where 100 percent of Foullah reside; 100 percent reside in West Africa and 99 percent reside in Chadic Africa. Foullah is also the 356,380th most prevalent first name worldwide, held by 557 people.
This last name is most widespread in Chad, where it is carried by 1,155 people, or 1 in 11,768. Outside of Chad this surname occurs in 8 countries. It is also found in Cameroon, where 1 percent reside and Niger, where 0 percent reside.
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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 Foullah
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