Foullani Surname
Approximately 175 people bear this surname
Foullani Surname Distribution Map
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| Algeria | 158 | 1:244,503 | 26,536 |
| Morocco | 9 | 1:3,830,678 | 54,497 |
| Netherlands | 5 | 1:3,377,435 | 111,911 |
| England | 2 | 1:27,859,030 | 389,889 |
| Mauritania | 1 | 1:4,094,863 | 38,869 |
Foullani Last Name Facts
Where Does The Last Name Foullani Come From? nationality or country of origin
The last name Foullani (Hassaniya-Arabic: ﻓﻼﻥ) is found most in Algeria. It can also appear in the variant forms:. Click here for other possible spellings of this surname.
How Common Is The Last Name Foullani? popularity and diffusion
This surname is the 1,295,379th most commonly occurring family name internationally, held by approximately 1 in 41,643,120 people. The last name occurs mostly in Africa, where 96 percent of Foullani live; 95 percent live in North Africa and 95 percent live in Mahgreb.
This last name is most widespread in Algeria, where it is held by 158 people, or 1 in 244,503. In Algeria Foullani is most frequent in: Adrar Province, where 74 percent live, Tamanghasset Province, where 24 percent live and Béchar Province, where 1 percent live. Excluding Algeria it occurs in 4 countries. It is also found in Morocco, where 5 percent live and The Netherlands, where 3 percent live.
Phonetically Similar Names
Foullani Name Transliterations
| Transliteration | ICU Latin | Percentage of Incidence |
|---|---|---|
| Foullani in the Hassaniya-Arabic language | ||
| ﻓﻼﻥ | flan | - |
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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 Foullani
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