Aiyou Surname
Approximately 55 people bear this surname
Aiyou Surname Distribution Map
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| Niger | 26 | 1:738,154 | 17,467 |
| Papua New Guinea | 22 | 1:370,624 | 48,900 |
| Benin | 2 | 1:5,167,801 | 84,334 |
| China | 2 | 1:683,660,783 | 30,601 |
| Brazil | 1 | 1:214,074,332 | 1,693,628 |
| Malaysia | 1 | 1:29,494,225 | 409,885 |
| Sudan | 1 | 1:37,510,195 | 14,259 |
The alternate forms: Aïyou (1) are calculated separately.
Aiyou (487) may also be a first name.
Aiyou Last Name Facts
Where Does The Last Name Aiyou Come From? nationality or country of origin
The surname Aiyou is more commonly found in Niger than any other country/territory. It may also occur as a variant: Aïyou. For other possible spellings of Aiyou click here.
How Common Is The Last Name Aiyou? popularity and diffusion
Aiyou is the 2,605,694th most frequently occurring surname on a global scale It is held by approximately 1 in 132,500,835 people. This last name occurs mostly in Africa, where 53 percent of Aiyou live; 51 percent live in West Africa and 47 percent live in Chadic Africa. It is also the 385,164th most commonly used first name world-wide, held by 487 people.
Aiyou is most common in Niger, where it is carried by 26 people, or 1 in 738,154. In Niger Aiyou is most numerous in: Zinder Region, where 65 percent reside, Maradi Region, where 31 percent reside and Tahoua Region, where 4 percent reside. Excluding Niger it is found in 6 countries. It also occurs in Papua New Guinea, where 40 percent reside and Benin, where 4 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 Aiyou
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