Alayou Surname
Approximately 2,601 people bear this surname
Alayou Surname Distribution Map
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| Ethiopia | 2,576 | 1:37,867 | 4,280 |
| Niger | 18 | 1:1,066,223 | 23,213 |
| United States | 3 | 1:120,819,644 | 1,331,040 |
| Australia | 1 | 1:26,995,701 | 270,794 |
| Mauritania | 1 | 1:4,094,863 | 38,869 |
| Nigeria | 1 | 1:177,142,758 | 748,972 |
| South Africa | 1 | 1:54,177,704 | 343,732 |
Alayou (1,968) may also be a first name.
Alayou Last Name Facts
Where Does The Last Name Alayou Come From? nationality or country of origin
Alayou (Hassaniya-Arabic: ﺍﻋﻠﻴﻮ) occurs most in Ethiopia. It may also occur in the variant forms:. For other potential spellings of this last name click here.
How Common Is The Last Name Alayou? popularity and diffusion
The last name Alayou is the 166,419th most commonly occurring last name on a global scale. It is borne by approximately 1 in 2,801,825 people. The last name Alayou occurs predominantly in Africa, where 100 percent of Alayou reside; 99 percent reside in East Africa and 99 percent reside in Ethiosemitic Africa. Alayou is also the 170,709th most frequently occurring forename throughout the world It is held by 1,968 people.
The surname is most frequent in Ethiopia, where it is held by 2,576 people, or 1 in 37,867. Besides Ethiopia this surname exists in 6 countries. It also occurs in Niger, where 1 percent reside and The United States, where 0 percent reside.
Phonetically Similar Names
Alayou Name Transliterations
| Transliteration | ICU Latin | Percentage of Incidence |
|---|---|---|
| Alayou in the Hassaniya-Arabic language | ||
| ﺍﻋﻠﻴﻮ | alyw | - |
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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 Alayou
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