Aleou Surname
Approximately 8 people bear this surname
Aleou Surname Distribution Map
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| Benin | 7 | 1:1,476,515 | 57,381 |
| Mauritania | 1 | 1:4,094,863 | 38,869 |
Aleou Last Name Facts
Where Does The Last Name Aleou Come From? nationality or country of origin
The surname Aleou (Hassaniya-Arabic: ﺍﻋﻠﻴﻮ) is held by more people in Benin than any other country or territory. It may occur as a variant:. Click here to see other possible spellings of this name.
How Common Is The Last Name Aleou? popularity and diffusion
The surname Aleou is the 6,723,624th most numerous last name on a global scale, held by approximately 1 in 910,943,240 people. This last name is predominantly found in Africa, where 100 percent of Aleou reside; 100 percent reside in West Africa and 88 percent reside in Atlantic-Niger Africa.
The last name Aleou is most frequent in Benin, where it is carried by 7 people, or 1 in 1,476,515. In Benin Aleou is mostly found in: Collines Department, where 71 percent are found, Ouémé Department, where 14 percent are found and Zou Department, where 14 percent are found. Not including Benin this last name occurs in one country. It is also common in Mauritania, where 13 percent are found.
Phonetically Similar Names
Aleou Name Transliterations
| Transliteration | ICU Latin | Percentage of Incidence |
|---|---|---|
| Aleou 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 Aleou
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