Awalou Surname
Approximately 1,648 people bear this surname
Awalou Surname Distribution Map
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| Cameroon | 635 | 1:32,707 | 4,400 |
| Chad | 578 | 1:23,516 | 2,818 |
| Niger | 405 | 1:47,388 | 2,406 |
| Benin | 19 | 1:543,979 | 34,804 |
| Congo | 4 | 1:1,247,274 | 20,238 |
| Nigeria | 3 | 1:59,047,586 | 507,603 |
| Burkina Faso | 1 | 1:18,352,100 | 30,051 |
| China | 1 | 1:1,367,321,566 | 51,149 |
| Gabon | 1 | 1:1,889,194 | 6,814 |
| Senegal | 1 | 1:14,579,342 | 11,705 |
Awalou (13,521) may also be a first name.
Awalou Last Name Facts
Where Does The Last Name Awalou Come From? nationality or country of origin
The surname Awalou is most common in Cameroon. It can also be found as a variant:. For other possible spellings of this last name click here.
How Common Is The Last Name Awalou? popularity and diffusion
Awalou is the 242,266th most frequently used last name world-wide It is held by around 1 in 4,422,055 people. The last name is predominantly found in Africa, where 100 percent of Awalou are found; 83 percent are found in West Africa and 69 percent are found in Chadic Africa. Awalou is also the 49,915th most common first name worldwide, borne by 13,521 people.
The last name is most commonly used in Cameroon, where it is carried by 635 people, or 1 in 32,707. In Cameroon Awalou is mostly concentrated in: Adamawa Region, where 39 percent reside, North Region, where 24 percent reside and Far North Region, where 20 percent reside. Without taking into account Cameroon this surname occurs in 9 countries. It also occurs in Chad, where 35 percent reside and Niger, where 25 percent reside.
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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 Awalou
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