Dalailou Surname

1,628,521st
Most Common
surname in the World

Approximately 123 people bear this surname

Most prevalent in:
Cameroon
Highest density in:
Cameroon

Dalailou Surname

The meaning of this surname is not listed.

Dalailou Surname Distribution Map

PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
Cameroon1221:170,23818,185
Niger11:19,192,017110,060

The alternate forms: Dalaïlou (1) are calculated separately.

Dalailou (906) may also be a first name.

Dalailou Last Name Facts

Where Does The Last Name Dalailou Come From? nationality or country of origin

The last name Dalailou has its highest incidence in Cameroon. It can be found in the variant forms: Dalaïlou. For other potential spellings of this surname click here.

How Common Is The Last Name Dalailou? popularity and diffusion

Dalailou is the 1,628,521st most numerous surname at a global level. It is borne by approximately 1 in 59,248,341 people. This last name occurs predominantly in Africa, where 100 percent of Dalailou are found; 59 percent are found in West Africa and 37 percent are found in Adamawa-Ubangian Africa. It is also the 269,579th most frequently held first name on earth, held by 906 people.

It is most frequently used in Cameroon, where it is carried by 122 people, or 1 in 170,238. In Cameroon Dalailou is most frequent in: Adamawa Region, where 65 percent are found, North Region, where 16 percent are found and Far North Region, where 15 percent are found. Not including Cameroon it exists in one country. It also occurs in Niger, 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 Dalailou
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