Ahlou Surname
Approximately 183 people bear this surname
Ahlou Surname Distribution Map
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| Benin | 137 | 1:75,442 | 9,022 |
| Mauritania | 32 | 1:127,964 | 7,422 |
| Niger | 9 | 1:2,132,446 | 40,124 |
| Algeria | 1 | 1:38,631,551 | 130,422 |
| Lebanon | 1 | 1:5,637,083 | 32,436 |
| Malaysia | 1 | 1:29,494,225 | 409,885 |
| Morocco | 1 | 1:34,476,099 | 111,471 |
| Yemen | 1 | 1:26,425,294 | 55,147 |
Ahlou (56) may also be a first name.
Ahlou Last Name Facts
Where Does The Last Name Ahlou Come From? nationality or country of origin
The surname Ahlou (Hassaniya-Arabic: ﺍﻫﻞ) is held by more people in Benin than any other country or territory. It can also occur as a variant:. Click here for other possible spellings of this surname.
How Common Is The Last Name Ahlou? popularity and diffusion
The surname is the 1,257,535th most numerous surname world-wide It is held by approximately 1 in 39,822,655 people. Ahlou occurs predominantly in Africa, where 98 percent of Ahlou live; 97 percent live in West Africa and 75 percent live in Atlantic-Niger Africa. It is also the 1,321,957th most numerous first name world-wide. It is borne by 56 people.
It is most commonly held in Benin, where it is borne by 137 people, or 1 in 75,442. In Benin it is primarily found in: Mono Department, where 38 percent reside, Littoral Department, where 24 percent reside and Zou Department, where 21 percent reside. Aside from Benin Ahlou is found in 7 countries. It is also common in Mauritania, where 17 percent reside and Niger, where 5 percent reside.
Phonetically Similar Names
Ahlou Name Transliterations
| Transliteration | ICU Latin | Percentage of Incidence |
|---|---|---|
| Ahlou in the Hassaniya-Arabic language | ||
| ﺍﻫﻞ | ahl | 33.33 |
| ﺃﻫﻞ | ahl | 33.33 |
| ﺍﻫﻠﻮ | ahlw | 22.22 |
| ﺃﻫﻠﻮ | ahlw | 11.11 |
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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 Ahlou
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