Ehlou Surname
Approximately 436 people bear this surname
Ehlou Surname Distribution Map
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| Mauritania | 413 | 1:9,915 | 1,023 |
| Benin | 20 | 1:516,780 | 33,864 |
| Iran | 1 | 1:76,782,524 | 277,718 |
| Turkey | 1 | 1:77,821,422 | 191,047 |
| United States | 1 | 1:362,458,933 | 1,988,048 |
Ehlou Last Name Facts
Where Does The Last Name Ehlou Come From? nationality or country of origin
The surname Ehlou (Hassaniya-Arabic: ﺍﻫﻞ) is found in Mauritania more than any other country or territory. It can be found in the variant forms:. Click here for further possible spellings of this surname.
How Common Is The Last Name Ehlou? popularity and diffusion
The last name is the 681,965th most common last name on a global scale, borne by around 1 in 16,714,555 people. The surname Ehlou is predominantly found in Africa, where 99 percent of Ehlou live; 99 percent live in West Africa and 95 percent live in Senegambia Africa.
The last name Ehlou is most numerous in Mauritania, where it is carried by 413 people, or 1 in 9,915. In Mauritania Ehlou is most frequent in: Nouakchott-Nord Region, where 24 percent live, Hodh Chargui Region, where 23 percent live and Nouakchott-Sud Region, where 17 percent live. Outside of Mauritania Ehlou is found in 4 countries. It also occurs in Benin, where 5 percent live and Iran, where 0 percent live.
Phonetically Similar Names
Ehlou Name Transliterations
| Transliteration | ICU Latin | Percentage of Incidence |
|---|---|---|
| Ehlou in the Hassaniya-Arabic language | ||
| ﺍﻫﻞ | ahl | 47.52 |
| ﺍﻫﻠﻮ | ahlw | 25.74 |
| ﺃﻫﻞ | ahl | 19.8 |
| ﺃﻫﻠﻮ | ahlw | 6.93 |
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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 Ehlou
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