Coulou Surname
Approximately 759 people bear this surname
Coulou Surname Distribution Map
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| Mali | 710 | 1:23,900 | 839 |
| Ivory Coast | 25 | 1:922,849 | 23,346 |
| Benin | 13 | 1:795,046 | 42,452 |
| Burkina Faso | 5 | 1:3,670,420 | 19,318 |
| Mauritania | 2 | 1:2,047,432 | 30,537 |
| United States | 2 | 1:181,229,466 | 1,556,795 |
| Senegal | 1 | 1:14,579,342 | 11,705 |
| Spain | 1 | 1:46,752,036 | 156,870 |
Coulou (41) may also be a first name.
Coulou Last Name Facts
Where Does The Last Name Coulou Come From? nationality or country of origin
The surname Coulou (Hassaniya-Arabic: ﻛﻮﻟﻮ) occurs more in Mali more than any other country or territory. It may be found in the variant forms:. Click here for further potential spellings of this last name.
How Common Is The Last Name Coulou? popularity and diffusion
It is the 448,561st most commonly occurring last name on a global scale, held by around 1 in 9,601,510 people. Coulou is mostly found in Africa, where 97 percent of Coulou live; 97 percent live in West Africa and 94 percent live in Mande Africa. Coulou is also the 1,590,275th most commonly held given name world-wide It is held by 41 people.
Coulou is most commonly occurring in Mali, where it is borne by 710 people, or 1 in 23,900. Excluding Mali Coulou exists in 7 countries. It is also common in The Ivory Coast, where 3 percent are found and Benin, where 2 percent are found.
Phonetically Similar Names
Coulou Name Transliterations
| Transliteration | ICU Latin | Percentage of Incidence |
|---|---|---|
| Coulou in the Hassaniya-Arabic language | ||
| ﻛﻮﻟﻮ | kwlw | - |
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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 Coulou
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