Chelou Surname
Approximately 33 people bear this surname
Chelou Surname Distribution Map
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| Niger | 16 | 1:1,199,501 | 25,520 |
| Mauritania | 8 | 1:511,858 | 18,608 |
| Algeria | 3 | 1:12,877,184 | 84,902 |
| Brazil | 3 | 1:71,358,111 | 770,017 |
| Benin | 1 | 1:10,335,602 | 103,742 |
| Iran | 1 | 1:76,782,524 | 277,718 |
| Philippines | 1 | 1:101,238,223 | 404,861 |
Chelou (250) may also be a first name.
Chelou Last Name Facts
Where Does The Last Name Chelou Come From? nationality or country of origin
Chelou (Hassaniya-Arabic: ﺷﻠﻮ) occurs more in Niger more than any other country or territory. It may appear as a variant:. For other potential spellings of this name click here.
How Common Is The Last Name Chelou? popularity and diffusion
This last name is the 3,432,070th most frequently used last name on earth, held by approximately 1 in 220,834,725 people. This last name is predominantly found in Africa, where 85 percent of Chelou reside; 76 percent reside in West Africa and 48 percent reside in Chadic Africa. Chelou is also the 563,826th most commonly used forename throughout the world, borne by 250 people.
The surname Chelou is most frequently occurring in Niger, where it is borne by 16 people, or 1 in 1,199,501. In Niger Chelou is most common in: Zinder Region, where 44 percent live, Maradi Region, where 38 percent live and Agadez Region, where 13 percent live. Without taking into account Niger this last name occurs in 6 countries. It is also found in Mauritania, where 24 percent live and Algeria, where 9 percent live.
Phonetically Similar Names
Chelou Name Transliterations
| Transliteration | ICU Latin | Percentage of Incidence |
|---|---|---|
| Chelou in the Hassaniya-Arabic language | ||
| ﺷﻠﻮ | shlw | 80 |
| ﺷﻞ | shl | 20 |
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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 Chelou
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