Alaou Surname
Approximately 1,950 people bear this surname
Alaou Surname Distribution Map
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| Togo | 630 | 1:11,504 | 2,968 |
| Chad | 385 | 1:35,304 | 4,109 |
| Syria | 295 | 1:65,427 | 2,975 |
| Morocco | 273 | 1:126,286 | 22,036 |
| Niger | 189 | 1:101,545 | 4,158 |
| Iran | 69 | 1:1,112,790 | 49,471 |
| Cameroon | 48 | 1:432,689 | 36,488 |
| Benin | 34 | 1:303,988 | 24,879 |
| Burkina Faso | 10 | 1:1,835,210 | 14,348 |
| Yemen | 4 | 1:6,606,324 | 25,896 |
| United States | 3 | 1:120,819,644 | 1,331,040 |
| Mauritania | 2 | 1:2,047,432 | 30,537 |
| United Arab Emirates | 2 | 1:4,581,136 | 93,443 |
| Ireland | 2 | 1:2,354,470 | 19,715 |
| Nigeria | 1 | 1:177,142,758 | 748,972 |
| South Sudan | 1 | 1:11,415,076 | 3,182 |
| France | 1 | 1:66,422,722 | 504,397 |
| Algeria | 1 | 1:38,631,551 | 130,422 |
Alaou (1,676) may also be a first name.
Alaou Last Name Facts
Where Does The Last Name Alaou Come From? nationality or country of origin
The surname Alaou (Hassaniya-Arabic: ﻋﻠﻮ) is carried by more people in Togo than any other country or territory. It can appear as a variant:. For other possible spellings of this last name click here.
How Common Is The Last Name Alaou? popularity and diffusion
This surname is the 211,466th most numerous surname world-wide, held by around 1 in 3,737,203 people. The last name Alaou occurs predominantly in Africa, where 81 percent of Alaou reside; 67 percent reside in West Africa and 35 percent reside in Atlantic-Niger Africa. It is also the 188,032nd most widely held first name in the world. It is borne by 1,676 people.
The last name Alaou is most frequent in Togo, where it is held by 630 people, or 1 in 11,504. Excluding Togo Alaou is found in 17 countries. It is also common in Chad, where 20 percent are found and Syria, where 15 percent are found.
Phonetically Similar Names
Alaou Name Transliterations
| Transliteration | ICU Latin | Percentage of Incidence |
|---|---|---|
| Alaou in the Hassaniya-Arabic language | ||
| ﻋﻠﻮ | lw | 50 |
| ﺍﻟﻼﺅﻭ | allaww | 50 |
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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 Alaou
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