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
Adelou is carried by more people in Benin than any other country/territory. It can also occur in the variant forms:. For other potential spellings of Adelou click here.
How Common Is The Last Name Adelou? popularity and diffusion
Adelou is the 355,911th most common last name on a worldwide basis. It is borne by around 1 in 7,137,655 people. The last name Adelou occurs mostly in Africa, where 97 percent of Adelou live; 97 percent live in West Africa and 97 percent live in Atlantic-Niger Africa. It is also the 1,191,548th most prevalent first name throughout the world It is held by 67 people.
This last name is most commonly used in Benin, where it is held by 980 people, or 1 in 10,547. In Benin it is most common in: Plateau Department, where 63 percent live, Ouémé Department, where 24 percent live and Littoral Department, where 10 percent live. Not including Benin Adelou is found in 5 countries. It also occurs in The Ivory Coast, where 3 percent live and Nigeria, where 1 percent live.
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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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