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.
Balou Demographics
Average Balou Salary in
United States
$47,688 USD
Per year
Average Salary in
United States
$43,149 USD
Per year
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Balou Last Name Facts
Where Does The Last Name Balou Come From? nationality or country of origin
Balou (Hassaniya-Arabic: ﺑﺎﻟﻮ, Marathi: बाबू) is borne by more people in The Congo than any other country/territory. It can also appear in the variant forms:. Click here to see other possible spellings of this last name.
How Common Is The Last Name Balou? popularity and diffusion
Balou is the 64,766th most commonly occurring surname on earth It is held by around 1 in 943,983 people. The surname occurs predominantly 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 commonly held first name in the world It is held by 2,379 people.
The surname is most commonly held in The Congo, where it is borne by 4,261 people, or 1 in 1,171. In The Congo Balou is primarily concentrated in: Pointe-Noire Department, where 55 percent live, Brazzaville Department, where 20 percent live and Niari Department, where 12 percent live. Besides The Congo it exists in 45 countries. It also occurs in The Ivory Coast, where 22 percent live and Algeria, where 5 percent live.
Balou Family Population Trend historical fluctuation
The incidence of Balou has changed through the years. In The United States the number of people who held the Balou surname expanded 114 percent between 1880 and 2014.
Balou Last Name Statistics demography
In The United States those holding the Balou surname are 32.48% more likely to be registered with the Democratic Party than The US average, with 85.71% being registered to vote for the 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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