Ghalou Surname
Approximately 57 people bear this surname
Ghalou Surname Distribution Map
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| Mauritania | 31 | 1:132,092 | 7,581 |
| Niger | 12 | 1:1,599,335 | 32,126 |
| Morocco | 9 | 1:3,830,678 | 54,497 |
| Algeria | 2 | 1:19,315,776 | 97,017 |
| DR Congo | 1 | 1:73,879,570 | 260,543 |
| France | 1 | 1:66,422,722 | 504,397 |
| Iran | 1 | 1:76,782,524 | 277,718 |
Ghalou (50) may also be a first name.
Ghalou Last Name Facts
Where Does The Last Name Ghalou Come From? nationality or country of origin
Ghalou (Hassaniya-Arabic: ﻛﺎﻟﻮ) is most common in Mauritania. It can be rendered as a variant:. Click here to see other potential spellings of this last name.
How Common Is The Last Name Ghalou? popularity and diffusion
The surname Ghalou is the 2,555,468th most common family name on earth, borne by approximately 1 in 127,851,683 people. It occurs predominantly in Africa, where 96 percent of Ghalou are found; 75 percent are found in West Africa and 54 percent are found in Senegambia Africa. Ghalou is also the 1,412,538th most prevalent first name at a global level. It is borne by 50 people.
The last name is most frequently used in Mauritania, where it is held by 31 people, or 1 in 132,092. In Mauritania it is most common in: Assaba Region, where 100 percent are found. Apart from Mauritania Ghalou occurs in 6 countries. It also occurs in Niger, where 21 percent are found and Morocco, where 16 percent are found.
Phonetically Similar Names
Ghalou Name Transliterations
| Transliteration | ICU Latin | Percentage of Incidence |
|---|---|---|
| Ghalou in the Hassaniya-Arabic language | ||
| ﻛﺎﻟﻮ | kalw | 69.23 |
| ﻗﻠﻮ | qlw | 23.08 |
| ﻗﺎﻟﻮ | qalw | 7.69 |
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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 Ghalou
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