Balou Surname
Approximately 7,720 people bear this surname
Balou Surname Distribution Map
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| Congo | 4,261 | 1:1,171 | 180 |
| Ivory Coast | 1,700 | 1:13,571 | 1,092 |
| Algeria | 406 | 1:95,152 | 14,427 |
| Morocco | 341 | 1:101,103 | 17,469 |
| France | 266 | 1:249,709 | 38,568 |
| Gabon | 202 | 1:9,352 | 1,744 |
| Greece | 119 | 1:93,107 | 15,707 |
| Mauritania | 108 | 1:37,915 | 2,975 |
| Niger | 52 | 1:369,077 | 10,509 |
| Benin | 52 | 1:198,762 | 18,872 |
| United States | 48 | 1:7,551,228 | 341,161 |
| Cameroon | 33 | 1:629,366 | 47,277 |
| England | 23 | 1:2,422,524 | 89,093 |
| DR Congo | 21 | 1:3,518,075 | 145,665 |
| Burkina Faso | 13 | 1:1,411,700 | 12,072 |
| Canada | 10 | 1:3,684,559 | 191,443 |
| Papua New Guinea | 8 | 1:1,019,215 | 101,897 |
| Nigeria | 8 | 1:22,142,845 | 310,552 |
| Germany | 5 | 1:16,101,092 | 397,699 |
| Ghana | 4 | 1:6,755,173 | 15,406 |
| Tunisia | 4 | 1:152,656 | 17,743 |
| Togo | 4 | 1:1,811,942 | 8,122 |
| Spain | 3 | 1:15,584,012 | 120,866 |
| Russia | 3 | 1:48,041,019 | 639,186 |
| India | 2 | 1:383,532,691 | 1,645,216 |
| United Arab Emirates | 2 | 1:4,581,136 | 93,443 |
| Netherlands | 2 | 1:8,443,588 | 136,641 |
| Senegal | 2 | 1:7,289,671 | 8,117 |
| Bahrain | 1 | 1:1,348,608 | 10,432 |
| Sweden | 1 | 1:9,846,757 | 347,448 |
| South Africa | 1 | 1:54,177,704 | 343,732 |
| Solomon Islands | 1 | 1:580,029 | 22,243 |
| Denmark | 1 | 1:5,644,715 | 93,155 |
| Armenia | 1 | 1:2,930,180 | 22,770 |
| Portugal | 1 | 1:10,418,241 | 25,048 |
| Pakistan | 1 | 1:178,643,885 | 213,220 |
| Norway | 1 | 1:5,142,286 | 129,201 |
| Belgium | 1 | 1:11,496,644 | 167,539 |
| New Caledonia | 1 | 1:276,223 | 10,363 |
| Brazil | 1 | 1:214,074,332 | 1,693,628 |
| Monaco | 1 | 1:37,066 | 4,748 |
| Madagascar | 1 | 1:23,649,837 | 9,420 |
| Ireland | 1 | 1:4,708,939 | 29,543 |
| Italy | 1 | 1:61,156,688 | 199,583 |
| Iran | 1 | 1:76,782,524 | 277,718 |
| Argentina | 1 | 1:42,743,414 | 282,706 |
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| United States | 42 | 1:1,195,683 | 67,545 |
Balou (2,379) may also be a first name.
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Balou Last Name Facts
Where Does The Last Name Balou Come From? nationality or country of origin
The surname Balou (Hassaniya-Arabic: ﺑﺎﻟﻮ, Marathi: बाबू) occurs more in The Congo more than any other country or territory. It may also appear as:. For other potential spellings of Balou click here.
How Common Is The Last Name Balou? popularity and diffusion
The last name is the 64,766th most frequent family name world-wide, borne by approximately 1 in 943,983 people. Balou is mostly found in Africa, where 88 percent of Balou are found; 58 percent are found in Central Africa and 58 percent are found in Central Bantu Africa. Balou is also the 152,257th most frequently held first name on earth. It is borne by 2,379 people.
The surname Balou is most widely held in The Congo, where it is held by 4,261 people, or 1 in 1,171. In The Congo Balou is most common in: Pointe-Noire Department, where 55 percent are found, Brazzaville Department, where 20 percent are found and Niari Department, where 12 percent are found. Not including The Congo it exists in 45 countries. It is also common in The Ivory Coast, where 22 percent are found and Algeria, where 5 percent are found.
Balou Family Population Trend historical fluctuation
The frequency of Balou has changed over time. In The United States the number of people bearing the Balou last name grew 114 percent between 1880 and 2014.
Balou Last Name Statistics demography
In The United States those holding the Balou last name are 32.48% more likely to be registered with the Democratic Party than the national average, with 85.71% registered to vote for the political party.
The amount Balou earn in different countries varies significantly. In United States they earn 10.52% more than the national average, earning $47,688 USD per year and in Canada they earn 16.78% less than the national average, earning $41,344 CAD per year.
Phonetically Similar Names
Balou Name Transliterations
| Transliteration | ICU Latin | Percentage of Incidence |
|---|---|---|
| Balou in the Marathi language | ||
| बाबू | babu | - |
| Balou in the Hassaniya-Arabic language | ||
| ﺑﺎﻟﻮ | balw | 78.79 |
| ﺑﻠﻮ | blw | 15.15 |
| ﺑﺎﻟﻪ | balh | 3.03 |
| ﺑﺎﻝ | bal | 3.03 |
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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 Balou
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