Faal is a surname. The surname is found in
Senegal
Senegal,; Wolof: ''Senegaal''; Pulaar: 𞤅𞤫𞤲𞤫𞤺𞤢𞥄𞤤𞤠(Senegaali); Arabic: السنغال ''As-Sinighal'') officially the Republic of Senegal,; Wolof: ''Réewum Senegaal''; Pulaar : 𞤈𞤫𞤲𞤣𞤢𞥄𞤲𞤣𞤠ðž ...
and the
Gambia
The Gambia,, ff, Gammbi, ar, غامبيا officially the Republic of The Gambia, is a country in West Africa. It is the smallest country within mainland AfricaHoare, Ben. (2002) ''The Kingfisher A-Z Encyclopedia'', Kingfisher Publicatio ...
. In
English speaking Gambia, it is spelt ''Faal'', and in French speaking Senegal, it is spelt Fall but pronounced the same way throughout the
Senegambia region
The Senegambia (other names: Senegambia region or Senegambian zone,Barry, Boubacar, ''Senegambia and the Atlantic Slave Trade'', (Editors: David Anderson, Carolyn Brown; trans. Ayi Kwei Armah; contributors: David Anderson, American Council of Le ...
.
[Aam’pah-Katoh BaNtump’l Cathialam (2012), ''Burning Words and Other News'', p. xviii, ]
/ref> This surname is also found in Scotland, which is unrelated to the African surname and pronounced differently. In Scotland, the surname means "a rocky place."Gibril Faal
Gibril Faal OBE (born 10 October 1967) is a British-Gambian business and development executive. In 2014, he was appointed Officer of the Order of the British Empire, OBE in the Queen's Birthday Honours List for services to international developmen ...
(born 1967), British-Gambian businessman
* Saloum Faal (born 1995), Gambian footballer
*Tacko Fall
Elhadji Tacko Sereigne Diop Fall (born 10 December 1995) is a Senegalese professional basketball player for the Xinjiang Flying Tigers of the Chinese Basketball Association (CBA).
Fall was born and raised in Dakar, Senegal. He moved to the Unit ...
(born 1995), Senegalese basketball player
See also
*Phall
Phall ( bn, ফাল, , jump), also spelt fall, faal, phaal, phal or fal, is a curry which originated in the Bangladeshi-owned curry-houses of Birmingham, England and has also spread to the United States. It is not to be confused with the char-gr ...
* Faal (disambiguation)
References
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Surnames of Gambian origin
Surnames of Senegalese origin
Surnames of Scottish origin