Ablou Surname
Approximately 304 people bear this surname
Ablou Surname Distribution Map
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| Benin | 262 | 1:39,449 | 5,069 |
| Niger | 18 | 1:1,066,223 | 23,213 |
| Ivory Coast | 12 | 1:1,922,603 | 35,802 |
| Mauritania | 7 | 1:584,980 | 20,004 |
| Algeria | 3 | 1:12,877,184 | 84,902 |
| Germany | 1 | 1:80,505,459 | 560,955 |
| Morocco | 1 | 1:34,476,099 | 111,471 |
Ablou (30) may also be a first name.
Ablou Last Name Facts
Where Does The Last Name Ablou Come From? nationality or country of origin
The surname Ablou (Hassaniya-Arabic: ﻋﺒﻠﻮ) is borne by more people in Benin than any other country/territory. It can also be found as a variant:. For other possible spellings of this surname click here.
How Common Is The Last Name Ablou? popularity and diffusion
It is the 885,573rd most commonly held surname throughout the world, held by around 1 in 23,972,191 people. It occurs mostly in Africa, where 96 percent of Ablou live; 95 percent live in West Africa and 87 percent live in Atlantic-Niger Africa. It is also the 1,911,214th most commonly used first name internationally It is held by 30 people.
It is most commonly used in Benin, where it is held by 262 people, or 1 in 39,449. In Benin it is mostly concentrated in: Collines Department, where 53 percent live, Zou Department, where 16 percent live and Ouémé Department, where 8 percent live. Beside Benin this last name is found in 6 countries. It also occurs in Niger, where 6 percent live and The Ivory Coast, where 4 percent live.
Phonetically Similar Names
Ablou Name Transliterations
| Transliteration | ICU Latin | Percentage of Incidence |
|---|---|---|
| Ablou in the Hassaniya-Arabic language | ||
| ﻋﺒﻠﻮ | blw | 50 |
| ﺍﺑﻠﻮ | ablw | 50 |
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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 Ablou
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