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
The surname Chelou (Hassaniya-Arabic: ﺷﻠﻮ) is found most frequently in Niger. It may also be found as:. Click here for other possible spellings of Chelou.
How Common Is The Last Name Chelou? popularity and diffusion
Chelou is the 3,432,070th most common surname on a worldwide basis It is held by approximately 1 in 220,834,725 people. This surname is predominantly found in Africa, where 85 percent of Chelou live; 76 percent live in West Africa and 48 percent live in Chadic Africa. It is also the 563,826th most numerous first name world-wide, borne by 250 people.
This surname is most frequent in Niger, where it is borne by 16 people, or 1 in 1,199,501. In Niger Chelou is primarily found in: Zinder Region, where 44 percent live, Maradi Region, where 38 percent live and Agadez Region, where 13 percent live. Excluding Niger it exists in 6 countries. It also occurs 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
- 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 Chelou
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