Alkhou Surname
Approximately 9 people bear this surname
Alkhou Surname Distribution Map
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| Niger | 7 | 1:2,741,717 | 49,802 |
| Mauritania | 1 | 1:4,094,863 | 38,869 |
| Morocco | 1 | 1:34,476,099 | 111,471 |
Alkhou (25) may also be a first name.
Alkhou Last Name Facts
Where Does The Last Name Alkhou Come From? nationality or country of origin
Alkhou (Hassaniya-Arabic: ﺃﻟﺨﻮ) is held by more people in Niger than any other country/territory. It may appear in the variant forms:. Click here for other possible spellings of this last name.
How Common Is The Last Name Alkhou? popularity and diffusion
This surname is the 6,360,413th most frequently held last name internationally. It is borne by around 1 in 809,727,324 people. Alkhou is mostly found in Africa, where 100 percent of Alkhou live; 89 percent live in West Africa and 78 percent live in Chadic Africa. It is also the 2,136,160th most commonly occurring first name in the world. It is borne by 25 people.
The surname is most numerous in Niger, where it is carried by 7 people, or 1 in 2,741,717. In Niger it is primarily concentrated in: Tillabéri Region, where 71 percent live and Zinder Region, where 29 percent live. Besides Niger this surname is found in 2 countries. It also occurs in Mauritania, where 11 percent live and Morocco, where 11 percent live.
Phonetically Similar Names
Alkhou Name Transliterations
| Transliteration | ICU Latin | Percentage of Incidence |
|---|---|---|
| Alkhou in the Hassaniya-Arabic language | ||
| ﺃﻟﺨﻮ | alkhw | 50 |
| ﺍﻟﺨﻮ | alkhw | 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 Alkhou
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