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
The surname Alyou (Hassaniya-Arabic: ﻋﺎﻟﻴﻮ) occurs most in Yemen. It may also occur in the variant forms:. For other potential spellings of this surname click here.
How Common Is The Last Name Alyou? popularity and diffusion
The last name Alyou is the 252,393rd most common last name in the world, held by around 1 in 4,647,670 people. The last name occurs predominantly in Asia, where 94 percent of Alyou live; 94 percent live in West Asia and 58 percent live in Arabian Peninsula. It is also the 567,531st most frequently occurring forename at a global level It is held by 247 people.
This surname is most prevalent in Yemen, where it is carried by 904 people, or 1 in 29,232. In Yemen Alyou is most prevalent in: Hadramaut Governorate, where 91 percent reside, Sana'a Governorate, where 8 percent reside and Al Hudaydah Governorate, where 0 percent reside. Aside from Yemen Alyou exists in 18 countries. It also occurs in Syria, where 33 percent reside and Cameroon, where 3 percent reside.
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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- 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 Alyou
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