Galaou Surname
Approximately 124 people bear this surname
Galaou Surname Distribution Map
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| Niger | 120 | 1:159,933 | 5,778 |
| Cameroon | 3 | 1:6,923,023 | 143,724 |
| Benin | 1 | 1:10,335,602 | 103,742 |
Galaou (11) may also be a first name.
Galaou Last Name Facts
Where Does The Last Name Galaou Come From? nationality or country of origin
Galaou is held by more people in Niger than any other country/territory. It can also be rendered as a variant:. Click here for further possible spellings of this last name.
How Common Is The Last Name Galaou? popularity and diffusion
It is the 1,620,164th most commonly held last name on a global scale, held by approximately 1 in 58,770,532 people. This last name occurs predominantly in Africa, where 100 percent of Galaou reside; 100 percent reside in West Africa and 99 percent reside in Chadic Africa. Galaou is also the 3,487,849th most numerous first name world-wide, borne by 11 people.
The last name is most commonly held in Niger, where it is borne by 120 people, or 1 in 159,933. In Niger Galaou is mostly concentrated in: Tillabéri Region, where 52 percent are found, Tahoua Region, where 30 percent are found and Maradi Region, where 18 percent are found. Besides Niger this last name occurs in 2 countries. It is also common in Cameroon, where 2 percent are found and Benin, where 1 percent are found.
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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 Galaou
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