Fulah Surname
Approximately 16 people bear this surname
Fulah Surname Distribution Map
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| Cameroon | 13 | 1:1,597,621 | 87,539 |
| DR Congo | 1 | 1:73,879,570 | 260,543 |
| England | 1 | 1:55,718,059 | 489,080 |
| Indonesia | 1 | 1:132,249,194 | 811,426 |
Fulah (37) may also be a first name.
Fulah Last Name Facts
Where Does The Last Name Fulah Come From? nationality or country of origin
The surname Fulah (Bengali: ফুলহ, Hindi: फूलह) is more frequently found in Cameroon than any other country or territory. It may appear in the variant forms:. For other potential spellings of this surname click here.
How Common Is The Last Name Fulah? popularity and diffusion
The surname is the 4,908,606th most frequently used surname on a global scale. It is borne by approximately 1 in 455,471,620 people. This surname occurs mostly in Africa, where 88 percent of Fulah reside; 88 percent reside in Central Africa and 88 percent reside in Central Bantu Africa. Fulah is also the 1,688,769th most commonly occurring first name world-wide It is held by 37 people.
Fulah is most frequently occurring in Cameroon, where it is borne by 13 people, or 1 in 1,597,621. In Cameroon it is most prevalent in: Northwest Region, where 77 percent are found and Southwest Region, where 8 percent are found. Not including Cameroon this last name is found in 3 countries. It is also found in The DR Congo, where 6 percent are found and England, where 6 percent are found.
Phonetically Similar Names
Fulah Name Transliterations
| Transliteration | ICU Latin | Percentage of Incidence |
|---|---|---|
| Fulah in the Bengali language | ||
| ফুলহ | phulaha | - |
| Fulah in the Hindi language | ||
| फूलह | phulaha | - |
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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 Fulah
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