Gualou Surname
Approximately 15 people bear this surname
Gualou Surname Distribution Map
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| Mauritania | 13 | 1:314,989 | 13,616 |
| Algeria | 1 | 1:38,631,551 | 130,422 |
| Lebanon | 1 | 1:5,637,083 | 32,436 |
Gualou Last Name Facts
Where Does The Last Name Gualou Come From? nationality or country of origin
The last name Gualou (Hassaniya-Arabic: ﻛﺎﻟﻮ) is more frequently found in Mauritania than any other country/territory. It may be rendered in the variant forms:. Click here to see other possible spellings of this surname.
How Common Is The Last Name Gualou? popularity and diffusion
The last name Gualou is the 5,057,639th most commonly occurring family name on a global scale, borne by around 1 in 485,836,394 people. The surname Gualou is mostly found in Africa, where 93 percent of Gualou reside; 87 percent reside in West Africa and 87 percent reside in Senegambia Africa.
It is most frequently used in Mauritania, where it is carried by 13 people, or 1 in 314,989. In Mauritania it is primarily concentrated in: Nouakchott-Sud Region, where 92 percent are found and Assaba Region, where 8 percent are found. Barring Mauritania this surname is found in 2 countries. It is also common in Algeria, where 7 percent are found and Lebanon, where 7 percent are found.
Phonetically Similar Names
Gualou Name Transliterations
| Transliteration | ICU Latin | Percentage of Incidence |
|---|---|---|
| Gualou in the Hassaniya-Arabic language | ||
| ﻛﺎﻟﻮ | kalw | - |
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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 Gualou
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