Dolou Surname
Approximately 3,158 people bear this surname
Dolou Surname Distribution Map
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| Togo | 1,890 | 1:3,835 | 622 |
| Ivory Coast | 753 | 1:30,639 | 2,083 |
| France | 311 | 1:213,578 | 33,224 |
| Benin | 137 | 1:75,442 | 9,022 |
| Iran | 50 | 1:1,535,650 | 60,563 |
| United States | 6 | 1:60,409,822 | 1,028,827 |
| Ethiopia | 4 | 1:24,386,566 | 19,165 |
| Brazil | 2 | 1:107,037,166 | 1,031,150 |
| England | 1 | 1:55,718,059 | 489,080 |
| Guinea | 1 | 1:11,833,817 | 3,268 |
| India | 1 | 1:767,065,382 | 1,851,717 |
| Niger | 1 | 1:19,192,017 | 110,060 |
| Spain | 1 | 1:46,752,036 | 156,870 |
Dolou (617) may also be a first name.
Dolou Last Name Facts
Where Does The Last Name Dolou Come From? nationality or country of origin
Dolou (Hassaniya-Arabic: ﺩﻭﻟﻮ) is found in Togo more than any other country/territory. It may also be rendered as a variant:. Click here for further possible spellings of Dolou.
How Common Is The Last Name Dolou? popularity and diffusion
The last name is the 141,161st most commonly used family name worldwide, borne by approximately 1 in 2,307,646 people. The surname occurs predominantly in Africa, where 85 percent of Dolou live; 85 percent live in West Africa and 84 percent live in Atlantic-Niger Africa. It is also the 336,019th most common first name worldwide. It is borne by 617 people.
The last name is most prevalent in Togo, where it is borne by 1,890 people, or 1 in 3,835. Aside from Togo this surname is found in 12 countries. It is also common in The Ivory Coast, where 24 percent live and France, where 10 percent live.
Phonetically Similar Names
Dolou Name Transliterations
| Transliteration | ICU Latin | Percentage of Incidence |
|---|---|---|
| Dolou in the Hassaniya-Arabic language | ||
| ﺩﻭﻟﻮ | dwlw | 50 |
| ﺩﻭﻟﻪ | dwlh | 50 |
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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 Dolou
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