Ismailou Surname
Approximately 1,991 people bear this surname
Ismailou Surname Distribution Map
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| Niger | 1,828 | 1:10,499 | 797 |
| Cameroon | 116 | 1:179,044 | 18,906 |
| Benin | 39 | 1:265,015 | 22,836 |
| Belgium | 2 | 1:5,748,322 | 130,559 |
| Algeria | 1 | 1:38,631,551 | 130,422 |
| Burkina Faso | 1 | 1:18,352,100 | 30,051 |
| England | 1 | 1:55,718,059 | 489,080 |
| Ethiopia | 1 | 1:97,546,262 | 29,669 |
| France | 1 | 1:66,422,722 | 504,397 |
| Ivory Coast | 1 | 1:23,071,232 | 76,679 |
The alternate forms: Ismaïlou (3) & Ismaîlou (1) are calculated separately.
Ismailou (2,053) may also be a first name.
Ismailou Last Name Facts
Where Does The Last Name Ismailou Come From? nationality or country of origin
The surname Ismailou occurs in Niger more than any other country or territory. It may also appear as a variant: Ismaïlou or Ismaîlou. Click here to see other possible spellings of this surname.
How Common Is The Last Name Ismailou? popularity and diffusion
The surname is the 207,845th most common last name on a global scale It is held by approximately 1 in 3,660,244 people. It occurs predominantly in Africa, where 100 percent of Ismailou reside; 98 percent reside in West Africa and 93 percent reside in Chadic Africa. It is also the 166,454th most commonly held first name globally It is held by 2,053 people.
The surname Ismailou is most numerous in Niger, where it is carried by 1,828 people, or 1 in 10,499. In Niger it is most frequent in: Zinder Region, where 93 percent live, Diffa Region, where 2 percent live and Maradi Region, where 2 percent live. Barring Niger it exists in 9 countries. It is also common in Cameroon, where 6 percent live and Benin, where 2 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 Ismailou
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