Eljou Surname
Approximately 3 people bear this surname
Eljou Surname Distribution Map
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| Mauritania | 2 | 1:2,047,432 | 30,537 |
| Morocco | 1 | 1:34,476,099 | 111,471 |
Eljou (9) may also be a first name.
Eljou Last Name Facts
Where Does The Last Name Eljou Come From? nationality or country of origin
The last name Eljou (Hassaniya-Arabic: ﺍﻟﺠﻮ) has its highest incidence in Mauritania. It can be rendered in the variant forms:. Click here for further possible spellings of this surname.
How Common Is The Last Name Eljou? popularity and diffusion
Eljou is the 10,311,814th most commonly held family name world-wide. It is borne by around 1 in 2,147,483,647 people. This last name is primarily found in Africa, where 100 percent of Eljou live; 67 percent live in West Africa and 67 percent live in Senegambia Africa. It is also the 3,941,740th most widely held first name globally It is held by 9 people.
The last name is most frequently occurring in Mauritania, where it is held by 2 people, or 1 in 2,047,432. In Mauritania Eljou is primarily found in: Hodh Chargui Region, where 100 percent live. Beside Mauritania it occurs in one country. It also occurs in Morocco, where 33 percent live.
Phonetically Similar Names
Eljou Name Transliterations
| Transliteration | ICU Latin | Percentage of Incidence |
|---|---|---|
| Eljou in the Hassaniya-Arabic language | ||
| ﺍﻟﺠﻮ | aljw | 75 |
| ﺍﻟﺞ | alj | 25 |
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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 Eljou
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