Felou Surname
Approximately 77 people bear this surname
Felou Surname Distribution Map
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| Benin | 60 | 1:172,260 | 17,125 |
| Cameroon | 9 | 1:2,307,674 | 112,590 |
| Niger | 6 | 1:3,198,670 | 54,540 |
| Algeria | 1 | 1:38,631,551 | 130,422 |
| Ivory Coast | 1 | 1:23,071,232 | 76,679 |
Felou (38) may also be a first name.
Felou Last Name Facts
Where Does The Last Name Felou Come From? nationality or country of origin
Felou is most common in Benin. It may be rendered in the variant forms:. Click here for further potential spellings of this surname.
How Common Is The Last Name Felou? popularity and diffusion
The surname Felou is the 2,152,526th most widespread surname world-wide. It is borne by approximately 1 in 94,643,453 people. The surname occurs predominantly in Africa, where 99 percent of Felou are found; 97 percent are found in West Africa and 78 percent are found in Atlantic-Niger Africa. It is also the 1,662,754th most numerous first name internationally. It is borne by 38 people.
The surname is most frequently used in Benin, where it is held by 60 people, or 1 in 172,260. In Benin it is primarily found in: Kouffo Department, where 97 percent live, Littoral Department, where 2 percent live and Mono Department, where 2 percent live. Aside from Benin it occurs in 4 countries. It is also found in Cameroon, where 12 percent live and Niger, where 8 percent live.
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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
- Heatmap: Dark red means there is a higher occurrence of the name, transitioning to light yellow signifies a progressively lower occurrence. Clicking on selected countries will show mapping at a regional level
- 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 Felou
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