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 more frequently found in Benin than any other country or territory. It can also appear as a variant:. Click here to see other possible spellings of this name.
How Common Is The Last Name Ahlou? popularity and diffusion
The surname is the 1,257,535th most commonly occurring surname at a global level, borne by around 1 in 39,822,655 people. Ahlou is predominantly found in Africa, where 98 percent of Ahlou reside; 97 percent reside in West Africa and 75 percent reside in Atlantic-Niger Africa. It is also the 1,321,957th most widespread forename in the world. It is borne by 56 people.
The last name Ahlou is most frequently used in Benin, where it is held by 137 people, or 1 in 75,442. In Benin Ahlou is most frequent in: Mono Department, where 38 percent are found, Littoral Department, where 24 percent are found and Zou Department, where 21 percent are found. Apart from Benin it occurs in 7 countries. It is also found in Mauritania, where 17 percent are found and Niger, where 5 percent are found.
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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