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 last name Kelou (Hassaniya-Arabic: ﻛﻞ) is most common in Cameroon. It can be found as:. Click here to see other possible spellings of this name.
How Common Is The Last Name Kelou? popularity and diffusion
The surname is the 1,267,784th most frequently used surname globally, borne by around 1 in 40,262,685 people. The last name occurs mostly in Africa, where 97 percent of Kelou live; 77 percent live in West Africa and 44 percent live in Chadic Africa. Kelou is also the 216,596th most widespread first name on earth. It is borne by 1,317 people.
This last name is most frequent in Cameroon, where it is carried by 65 people, or 1 in 319,524. In Cameroon it is most prevalent in: Far North Region, where 74 percent reside, North Region, where 18 percent reside and Adamawa Region, where 6 percent reside. Aside from Cameroon Kelou occurs in 11 countries. It is also found in Niger, where 24 percent reside and Burkina Faso, where 19 percent reside.
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
- 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 Kelou
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