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 in Cameroon more than any other country/territory. It can appear as:. Click here to see other potential spellings of this last name.
How Common Is The Last Name Kelou? popularity and diffusion
Kelou is the 1,267,784th most frequently held surname worldwide. It is borne by approximately 1 in 40,262,685 people. Kelou is mostly found in Africa, where 97 percent of Kelou are found; 77 percent are found in West Africa and 44 percent are found in Chadic Africa. It is also the 216,596th most widespread first name internationally, borne by 1,317 people.
The last name Kelou is most frequently occurring in Cameroon, where it is borne by 65 people, or 1 in 319,524. In Cameroon Kelou is most numerous in: Far North Region, where 74 percent are found, North Region, where 18 percent are found and Adamawa Region, where 6 percent are found. Without taking into account Cameroon this surname occurs in 11 countries. It also occurs in Niger, where 24 percent are found and Burkina Faso, where 19 percent are found.
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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