Golou Surname
Approximately 5,306 people bear this surname
Golou Surname Distribution Map
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| Ivory Coast | 4,596 | 1:5,020 | 455 |
| Benin | 448 | 1:23,071 | 3,091 |
| Iran | 220 | 1:349,011 | 23,365 |
| Papua New Guinea | 27 | 1:301,990 | 40,635 |
| Nigeria | 3 | 1:59,047,586 | 507,603 |
| Cameroon | 2 | 1:10,384,534 | 165,830 |
| Canada | 2 | 1:18,422,796 | 409,488 |
| England | 1 | 1:55,718,059 | 489,080 |
| France | 1 | 1:66,422,722 | 504,397 |
| Gabon | 1 | 1:1,889,194 | 6,814 |
| Indonesia | 1 | 1:132,249,194 | 811,426 |
| Malaysia | 1 | 1:29,494,225 | 409,885 |
| Morocco | 1 | 1:34,476,099 | 111,471 |
| Niger | 1 | 1:19,192,017 | 110,060 |
| Pakistan | 1 | 1:178,643,885 | 213,220 |
Golou (7,598) may also be a first name.
Golou Last Name Facts
Where Does The Last Name Golou Come From? nationality or country of origin
Golou (Hassaniya-Arabic: ﻛﻮﻟﻮ, Hindi: गोलू) is more commonly found in The Ivory Coast than any other country or territory. It can also appear as a variant:. For other possible spellings of this surname click here.
How Common Is The Last Name Golou? popularity and diffusion
This surname is the 90,339th most frequent family name at a global level, borne by approximately 1 in 1,373,454 people. The last name Golou occurs mostly in Africa, where 90 percent of Golou are found; 90 percent are found in West Africa and 70 percent are found in Mande Africa. Golou is also the 73,551st most commonly used given name worldwide It is held by 7,598 people.
The surname is most widely held in The Ivory Coast, where it is carried by 4,596 people, or 1 in 5,020. In The Ivory Coast it is most frequent in: Montagnes District, where 73 percent reside, Woroba District, where 9 percent reside and Abidjan Autonomous District, where 5 percent reside. Other than The Ivory Coast it occurs in 14 countries. It also occurs in Benin, where 8 percent reside and Iran, where 4 percent reside.
Phonetically Similar Names
Golou Name Transliterations
| Transliteration | ICU Latin | Percentage of Incidence |
|---|---|---|
| Golou in the Hassaniya-Arabic language | ||
| ﻛﻮﻟﻮ | kwlw | - |
| Golou in the Hindi language | ||
| गोलू | golu | 50 |
| गोलौ | golau | 50 |
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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 Golou
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