Aliyou Surname
Approximately 1,183 people bear this surname
Aliyou Surname Distribution Map
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| Cameroon | 591 | 1:35,142 | 4,723 |
| Niger | 496 | 1:38,694 | 2,095 |
| Ethiopia | 49 | 1:1,990,740 | 8,024 |
| Ivory Coast | 17 | 1:1,357,131 | 29,476 |
| Benin | 7 | 1:1,476,515 | 57,381 |
| Mauritania | 7 | 1:584,980 | 20,004 |
| Nigeria | 4 | 1:44,285,690 | 437,567 |
| Sweden | 3 | 1:3,282,252 | 190,759 |
| United States | 3 | 1:120,819,644 | 1,331,040 |
| Chad | 1 | 1:13,592,199 | 13,092 |
| Congo | 1 | 1:4,989,096 | 34,171 |
| Germany | 1 | 1:80,505,459 | 560,955 |
| Morocco | 1 | 1:34,476,099 | 111,471 |
| Netherlands | 1 | 1:16,887,176 | 156,465 |
| Philippines | 1 | 1:101,238,223 | 404,861 |
Aliyou (9,365) may also be a first name.
Aliyou Last Name Facts
Where Does The Last Name Aliyou Come From? nationality or country of origin
Aliyou (Hassaniya-Arabic: ﻋﻠﻴﻮ) occurs more in Cameroon more than any other country or territory. It can also occur in the variant forms:. Click here to see other potential spellings of this last name.
How Common Is The Last Name Aliyou? popularity and diffusion
The surname is the 316,846th most numerous last name on earth. It is borne by approximately 1 in 6,160,225 people. It is primarily found in Africa, where 99 percent of Aliyou live; 58 percent live in West Africa and 44 percent live in Chadic Africa. Aliyou is also the 64,063rd most widespread first name globally, borne by 9,365 people.
Aliyou is most frequently used in Cameroon, where it is carried by 591 people, or 1 in 35,142. In Cameroon Aliyou is mostly concentrated in: Adamawa Region, where 31 percent live, West Region, where 20 percent live and North Region, where 15 percent live. Not including Cameroon it exists in 14 countries. It also occurs in Niger, where 42 percent live and Ethiopia, where 4 percent live.
Phonetically Similar Names
Aliyou Name Transliterations
| Transliteration | ICU Latin | Percentage of Incidence |
|---|---|---|
| Aliyou in the Hassaniya-Arabic language | ||
| ﻋﻠﻴﻮ | lyw | 30.43 |
| ﻋﻠﻲ | ly | 30.43 |
| ﻋﺎﻟﻴﻮ | alyw | 13.04 |
| ﺍﻋﻠﻴﻮ | alyw | 13.04 |
| ﺁﻟﻴﻮ | alyw | 8.7 |
| ﻋﺎﻟﻲ | aly | 4.35 |
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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 Aliyou
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