Emelou Surname
Approximately 5 people bear this surname
Emelou Surname Distribution Map
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| Nigeria | 3 | 1:59,047,586 | 507,603 |
| Mauritania | 1 | 1:4,094,863 | 38,869 |
| United States | 1 | 1:362,458,933 | 1,988,048 |
Emelou (480) may also be a first name.
Emelou Last Name Facts
Where Does The Last Name Emelou Come From? nationality or country of origin
The last name Emelou (Hassaniya-Arabic: ﺍﻣﻠﻮ) is held by more people in Nigeria than any other country or territory. It can be rendered as:. Click here for further potential spellings of this name.
How Common Is The Last Name Emelou? popularity and diffusion
The last name Emelou is the 8,193,072nd most widely held surname throughout the world, borne by approximately 1 in 1,457,509,183 people. The last name is primarily found in Africa, where 80 percent of Emelou are found; 80 percent are found in West Africa and 60 percent are found in Atlantic-Niger Africa. It is also the 388,155th most commonly held first name throughout the world, borne by 480 people.
This last name is most frequent in Nigeria, where it is borne by 3 people, or 1 in 59,047,586. In Nigeria Emelou is most numerous in: Abia, where 100 percent reside. Excluding Nigeria Emelou occurs in 2 countries. It also occurs in Mauritania, where 20 percent reside and The United States, where 20 percent reside.
Phonetically Similar Names
Emelou Name Transliterations
| Transliteration | ICU Latin | Percentage of Incidence |
|---|---|---|
| Emelou in the Hassaniya-Arabic language | ||
| ﺍﻣﻠﻮ | amlw | - |
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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 Emelou
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