Alyou Surname
Approximately 1,568 people bear this surname
Alyou Surname Distribution Map
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| Yemen | 904 | 1:29,232 | 2,803 |
| Syria | 514 | 1:37,551 | 2,287 |
| Cameroon | 54 | 1:384,612 | 33,542 |
| Iraq | 47 | 1:745,142 | 10,632 |
| Niger | 12 | 1:1,599,335 | 32,126 |
| Djibouti | 9 | 1:101,659 | 734 |
| Ivory Coast | 9 | 1:2,563,470 | 41,100 |
| Ethiopia | 4 | 1:24,386,566 | 19,165 |
| United Arab Emirates | 4 | 1:2,290,568 | 60,372 |
| United States | 2 | 1:181,229,466 | 1,556,795 |
| Jordan | 1 | 1:8,842,437 | 26,010 |
| Spain | 1 | 1:46,752,036 | 156,870 |
| Qatar | 1 | 1:2,357,999 | 76,403 |
| Lebanon | 1 | 1:5,637,083 | 32,436 |
| Kuwait | 1 | 1:3,800,694 | 27,187 |
| Benin | 1 | 1:10,335,602 | 103,742 |
| Iran | 1 | 1:76,782,524 | 277,718 |
| Chad | 1 | 1:13,592,199 | 13,092 |
| Burkina Faso | 1 | 1:18,352,100 | 30,051 |
Alyou (247) may also be a first name.
Alyou Last Name Facts
Where Does The Last Name Alyou Come From? nationality or country of origin
Alyou (Hassaniya-Arabic: ﻋﺎﻟﻴﻮ) has its highest incidence in Yemen. It may also be found as a variant:. Click here for further possible spellings of this name.
How Common Is The Last Name Alyou? popularity and diffusion
The surname is the 252,393rd most prevalent last name internationally. It is borne by around 1 in 4,647,670 people. The surname Alyou occurs mostly in Asia, where 94 percent of Alyou are found; 94 percent are found in West Asia and 58 percent are found in Arabian Peninsula. It is also the 567,531st most common given name throughout the world. It is borne by 247 people.
Alyou is most frequently occurring in Yemen, where it is held by 904 people, or 1 in 29,232. In Yemen Alyou is most frequent in: Hadramaut Governorate, where 91 percent live, Sana'a Governorate, where 8 percent live and Al Hudaydah Governorate, where 0 percent live. Beside Yemen this last name is found in 18 countries. It also occurs in Syria, where 33 percent live and Cameroon, where 3 percent live.
Phonetically Similar Names
Alyou Name Transliterations
| Transliteration | ICU Latin | Percentage of Incidence |
|---|---|---|
| Alyou in the Hassaniya-Arabic language | ||
| ﻋﺎﻟﻴﻮ | alyw | 66.67 |
| ﻋﻠﻴﻮ | lyw | 16.67 |
| ﻋﻠﻲ | ly | 16.67 |
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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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- 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 Alyou
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