Kelou Surname
Approximately 181 people bear this surname
Kelou Surname Distribution Map
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| Cameroon | 65 | 1:319,524 | 29,358 |
| Niger | 44 | 1:436,182 | 11,913 |
| Burkina Faso | 34 | 1:539,768 | 7,230 |
| Benin | 11 | 1:939,600 | 46,216 |
| Algeria | 10 | 1:3,863,155 | 47,113 |
| Congo | 9 | 1:554,344 | 12,633 |
| Ivory Coast | 2 | 1:11,535,616 | 61,806 |
| Papua New Guinea | 2 | 1:4,076,858 | 165,791 |
| Brazil | 1 | 1:214,074,332 | 1,693,628 |
| Ghana | 1 | 1:27,020,692 | 23,742 |
| Mauritania | 1 | 1:4,094,863 | 38,869 |
| Netherlands | 1 | 1:16,887,176 | 156,465 |
Kelou (1,317) may also be a first name.
Kelou Last Name Facts
Where Does The Last Name Kelou Come From? nationality or country of origin
The surname Kelou (Hassaniya-Arabic: ﻛﻞ) occurs most in Cameroon. It may be found in the variant forms:. For other possible spellings of this surname click here.
How Common Is The Last Name Kelou? popularity and diffusion
It is the 1,267,784th most commonly held last name throughout the world, borne by approximately 1 in 40,262,685 people. The surname is primarily found in Africa, where 97 percent of Kelou reside; 77 percent reside in West Africa and 44 percent reside in Chadic Africa. Kelou is also the 216,596th most prevalent first name in the world. It is borne by 1,317 people.
The last name Kelou is most widely held in Cameroon, where it is carried by 65 people, or 1 in 319,524. In Cameroon Kelou is most common in: Far North Region, where 74 percent live, North Region, where 18 percent live and Adamawa Region, where 6 percent live. Barring Cameroon this surname is found in 11 countries. It is also common in Niger, where 24 percent live and Burkina Faso, where 19 percent live.
Phonetically Similar Names
Kelou Name Transliterations
| Transliteration | ICU Latin | Percentage of Incidence |
|---|---|---|
| Kelou in the Hassaniya-Arabic language | ||
| ﻛﻞ | kl | 66.67 |
| ﻛﻠﻮ | klw | 22.22 |
| ﻛﻠﻪ | klh | 11.11 |
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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 Kelou
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