Alavo Surname
Approximately 1,046 people bear this surname
Alavo Surname Distribution Map
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| Benin | 962 | 1:10,744 | 1,479 |
| Senegal | 36 | 1:404,982 | 1,935 |
| Ivory Coast | 13 | 1:1,774,710 | 34,235 |
| Togo | 9 | 1:805,308 | 6,372 |
| India | 8 | 1:95,883,173 | 728,828 |
| Canada | 4 | 1:9,211,398 | 321,528 |
| Switzerland | 3 | 1:2,737,638 | 105,941 |
| United States | 3 | 1:120,819,644 | 1,331,040 |
| France | 2 | 1:33,211,361 | 423,184 |
| Nigeria | 2 | 1:88,571,379 | 625,098 |
| Belgium | 1 | 1:11,496,644 | 167,539 |
| Hong Kong | 1 | 1:7,335,483 | 16,643 |
| South Africa | 1 | 1:54,177,704 | 343,732 |
| Tunisia | 1 | 1:610,626 | 30,336 |
Alavo (55) may also be a first name.
Alavo Last Name Facts
Where Does The Last Name Alavo Come From? nationality or country of origin
Alavo (Marathi: आलवो) is found in Benin more than any other country or territory. It may also appear as a variant:. Click here for other possible spellings of Alavo.
How Common Is The Last Name Alavo? popularity and diffusion
It is the 349,113th most common last name at a global level, held by approximately 1 in 6,967,061 people. The surname Alavo is primarily found in Africa, where 97 percent of Alavo reside; 96 percent reside in West Africa and 93 percent reside in Atlantic-Niger Africa. It is also the 1,336,256th most frequently occurring given name globally, held by 55 people.
The surname is most prevalent in Benin, where it is held by 962 people, or 1 in 10,744. In Benin Alavo is mostly concentrated in: Zou Department, where 47 percent live, Littoral Department, where 22 percent live and Borgou Department, where 10 percent live. Not including Benin it occurs in 13 countries. It is also common in Senegal, where 3 percent live and The Ivory Coast, where 1 percent live.
Phonetically Similar Names
Alavo Name Transliterations
| Transliteration | ICU Latin | Percentage of Incidence |
|---|---|---|
| Alavo in the Marathi language | ||
| आलवो | alavo | 50 |
| अलवो | alavo | 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
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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 Alavo
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