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 last name Ehlou (Hassaniya-Arabic: ﺍﻫﻞ) has its highest incidence in Mauritania. It may be rendered in the variant forms:. For other possible spellings of this last name click here.
How Common Is The Last Name Ehlou? popularity and diffusion
It is the 681,965th most commonly occurring last name throughout the world It is held by around 1 in 16,714,555 people. This surname is primarily found in Africa, where 99 percent of Ehlou live; 99 percent live in West Africa and 95 percent live in Senegambia Africa.
This surname is most frequent in Mauritania, where it is held by 413 people, or 1 in 9,915. In Mauritania Ehlou is most prevalent in: Nouakchott-Nord Region, where 24 percent live, Hodh Chargui Region, where 23 percent live and Nouakchott-Sud Region, where 17 percent live. Without taking into account Mauritania this last name exists in 4 countries. It is also common 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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