Efalou Surname

6,360,413th
Most Common
surname in the World

Approximately 9 people bear this surname

Most prevalent in:
Benin
Highest density in:
Benin

Efalou Surname

The meaning of this surname is not listed.

Efalou Surname Distribution Map

PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
Benin71:1,476,51557,381
Morocco11:34,476,099111,471
Togo11:7,247,76812,049

Efalou Last Name Facts

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

Efalou is held by more people in Benin than any other country or territory. It can be rendered as a variant:. Click here for further possible spellings of this name.

How Common Is The Last Name Efalou? popularity and diffusion

Efalou is the 6,360,413th most common family name globally, held by approximately 1 in 809,727,324 people. The last name is predominantly found in Africa, where 100 percent of Efalou are found; 89 percent are found in West Africa and 89 percent are found in Atlantic-Niger Africa.

The last name Efalou is most commonly held in Benin, where it is carried by 7 people, or 1 in 1,476,515. In Benin Efalou is most numerous in: Donga Department, where 57 percent are found, Atakora Department, where 14 percent are found and Borgou Department, where 14 percent are found. Besides Benin this last name occurs in 2 countries. It is also common in Morocco, where 11 percent are found and Togo, where 11 percent are found.

Phonetically Similar Names

SurnameSimilarityWorldwide IncidencePrevalency
Efalo91447/
Effalo8332/
Efalue838/
Ifalou834/
Gefalo831/
Efaloa831/
Efalod831/
Efoulou7738/
Effolou7736/
Geifalu777/
Yefolou771/
Efala73874/
Efolo7349/
Efolu735/
Ifalo735/
Efoula67283/
Effala67263/
Gefala6717/
Iofalo6712/
Efalia6710/
Efalai678/
Esfala678/
Ephalo678/
Efalay677/
Efoulu674/
Yefolo672/
Ifalau671/

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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 Efalou
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