Colou Surname
Approximately 165 people bear this surname
Colou Surname Distribution Map
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| France | 158 | 1:420,397 | 61,236 |
| Benin | 3 | 1:3,445,201 | 77,822 |
| Brazil | 1 | 1:214,074,332 | 1,693,628 |
| England | 1 | 1:55,718,059 | 489,080 |
| Qatar | 1 | 1:2,357,999 | 76,403 |
| United States | 1 | 1:362,458,933 | 1,988,048 |
Colou (65) may also be a first name.
Colou Last Name Facts
Where Does The Last Name Colou Come From? nationality or country of origin
Colou occurs most in France. It can also appear in the variant forms:. For other possible spellings of this last name click here.
How Common Is The Last Name Colou? popularity and diffusion
The last name Colou is the 1,348,199th most widespread surname on a global scale, borne by around 1 in 44,166,945 people. The last name Colou occurs predominantly in Europe, where 96 percent of Colou reside; 96 percent reside in Western Europe and 96 percent reside in Gallo-Europe. It is also the 1,212,820th most frequently used first name at a global level It is held by 65 people.
It is most widespread in France, where it is held by 158 people, or 1 in 420,397. In France it is most frequent in: Pays de la Loire, where 87 percent are found, Île-de-France, where 9 percent are found and Centre-Val de Loire, where 1 percent are found. Barring France Colou occurs in 5 countries. It is also found in Benin, where 2 percent are found and Brazil, where 1 percent are found.
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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 Colou
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