Boulou Surname
Approximately 6,126 people bear this surname
Boulou Surname Distribution Map
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| Burkina Faso | 2,357 | 1:7,786 | 782 |
| Cameroon | 1,309 | 1:15,866 | 2,160 |
| Congo | 1,069 | 1:4,667 | 754 |
| Niger | 688 | 1:27,895 | 1,605 |
| France | 304 | 1:218,496 | 33,949 |
| Benin | 227 | 1:45,531 | 5,789 |
| Ivory Coast | 57 | 1:404,758 | 13,812 |
| Greece | 55 | 1:201,451 | 31,872 |
| Belgium | 13 | 1:884,357 | 69,774 |
| Chile | 10 | 1:1,761,647 | 27,489 |
| Nigeria | 7 | 1:25,306,108 | 327,793 |
| Mauritania | 7 | 1:584,980 | 20,004 |
| South Africa | 4 | 1:13,544,426 | 222,367 |
| Morocco | 4 | 1:8,619,025 | 73,251 |
| Algeria | 4 | 1:9,657,888 | 64,782 |
| England | 2 | 1:27,859,030 | 389,889 |
| Senegal | 1 | 1:14,579,342 | 11,705 |
| United States | 1 | 1:362,458,933 | 1,988,048 |
| Russia | 1 | 1:144,123,056 | 881,408 |
| Yemen | 1 | 1:26,425,294 | 55,147 |
| Mauritius | 1 | 1:1,293,417 | 16,552 |
| Gabon | 1 | 1:1,889,194 | 6,814 |
| DR Congo | 1 | 1:73,879,570 | 260,543 |
| China | 1 | 1:1,367,321,566 | 51,149 |
| Canada | 1 | 1:36,845,591 | 464,108 |
Boulou (936) may also be a first name.
Boulou Last Name Facts
Where Does The Last Name Boulou Come From? nationality or country of origin
Boulou (Hassaniya-Arabic: ﺑﻮﻟﻮ) is held by more people in Burkina Faso than any other country/territory. It may also be found in the variant forms:. Click here to see other potential spellings of Boulou.
How Common Is The Last Name Boulou? popularity and diffusion
The surname Boulou is the 79,600th most commonly held last name in the world, held by approximately 1 in 1,189,609 people. The last name is predominantly found in Africa, where 93 percent of Boulou are found; 61 percent are found in West Africa and 34 percent are found in Atlantic-Niger Africa. It is also the 264,210th most frequently occurring forename throughout the world, held by 936 people.
The surname Boulou is most frequent in Burkina Faso, where it is borne by 2,357 people, or 1 in 7,786. In Burkina Faso Boulou is most frequent in: Nord Region, where 35 percent reside, Boucle du Mouhoun Region, where 27 percent reside and Hauts-Bassins Region, where 20 percent reside. Besides Burkina Faso Boulou exists in 24 countries. It also occurs in Cameroon, where 21 percent reside and The Congo, where 17 percent reside.
Phonetically Similar Names
Boulou Name Transliterations
| Transliteration | ICU Latin | Percentage of Incidence |
|---|---|---|
| Boulou in the Hassaniya-Arabic language | ||
| ﺑﻮﻟﻮ | bwlw | 90.91 |
| ﺍﺑﻞ | abl | 9.09 |
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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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- 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 Boulou
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