Adelou Surname
Approximately 1,021 people bear this surname
Adelou Surname Distribution Map
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| Benin | 980 | 1:10,547 | 1,457 |
| Ivory Coast | 30 | 1:769,041 | 20,891 |
| Nigeria | 7 | 1:25,306,108 | 327,793 |
| France | 2 | 1:33,211,361 | 423,184 |
| Chad | 1 | 1:13,592,199 | 13,092 |
| Ethiopia | 1 | 1:97,546,262 | 29,669 |
Adelou (67) may also be a first name.
Adelou Last Name Facts
Where Does The Last Name Adelou Come From? nationality or country of origin
The surname Adelou is found in Benin more than any other country or territory. It may also appear in the variant forms:. Click here for further potential spellings of Adelou.
How Common Is The Last Name Adelou? popularity and diffusion
Adelou is the 355,911th most widely held family name world-wide, borne by around 1 in 7,137,655 people. Adelou occurs mostly in Africa, where 97 percent of Adelou reside; 97 percent reside in West Africa and 97 percent reside in Atlantic-Niger Africa. It is also the 1,191,548th most widely held forename in the world. It is borne by 67 people.
It is most widespread in Benin, where it is borne by 980 people, or 1 in 10,547. In Benin Adelou is primarily concentrated in: Plateau Department, where 63 percent reside, Ouémé Department, where 24 percent reside and Littoral Department, where 10 percent reside. Barring Benin Adelou exists in 5 countries. It also occurs in The Ivory Coast, where 3 percent reside and Nigeria, where 1 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
- 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 Adelou
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