Blaou Surname
Approximately 59 people bear this surname
Blaou Surname Distribution Map
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| Benin | 33 | 1:313,200 | 25,349 |
| Niger | 7 | 1:2,741,717 | 49,802 |
| Tunisia | 5 | 1:122,125 | 16,050 |
| Libya | 4 | 1:1,560,994 | 3,087 |
| Togo | 4 | 1:1,811,942 | 8,122 |
| United States | 3 | 1:120,819,644 | 1,331,040 |
| Ivory Coast | 2 | 1:11,535,616 | 61,806 |
| Cameroon | 1 | 1:20,769,068 | 227,406 |
Blaou (14) may also be a first name.
Blaou Last Name Facts
Where Does The Last Name Blaou Come From? nationality or country of origin
The last name Blaou has its highest incidence in Benin. It may also appear in the variant forms:. Click here for other potential spellings of this surname.
How Common Is The Last Name Blaou? popularity and diffusion
Blaou is the 2,506,728th most widely held family name at a global level. It is borne by around 1 in 123,517,727 people. The surname Blaou occurs mostly in Africa, where 93 percent of Blaou live; 78 percent live in West Africa and 64 percent live in Atlantic-Niger Africa. It is also the 3,024,661st most commonly held first name world-wide. It is borne by 14 people.
The last name is most common in Benin, where it is borne by 33 people, or 1 in 313,200. In Benin Blaou is most common in: Donga Department, where 64 percent reside, Mono Department, where 33 percent reside and Collines Department, where 3 percent reside. Apart from Benin this surname exists in 7 countries. It is also common in Niger, where 12 percent reside and Tunisia, where 8 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
- Heatmap: Dark red means there is a higher occurrence of the name, transitioning to light yellow signifies a progressively lower occurrence. Clicking on selected countries will show mapping at a regional level
- 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 Blaou
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