Kolou Surname
Approximately 4,612 people bear this surname
Kolou Surname Distribution Map
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| Togo | 4,095 | 1:1,770 | 199 |
| Ivory Coast | 212 | 1:108,827 | 5,531 |
| Benin | 165 | 1:62,640 | 7,708 |
| Papua New Guinea | 83 | 1:98,238 | 13,191 |
| Botswana | 17 | 1:128,643 | 18,229 |
| Nigeria | 14 | 1:12,653,054 | 227,444 |
| Cameroon | 12 | 1:1,730,756 | 92,157 |
| Niger | 4 | 1:4,798,004 | 75,547 |
| Liberia | 2 | 1:2,204,268 | 40,131 |
| United States | 2 | 1:181,229,466 | 1,556,795 |
| Congo | 1 | 1:4,989,096 | 34,171 |
| Germany | 1 | 1:80,505,459 | 560,955 |
| Mauritania | 1 | 1:4,094,863 | 38,869 |
| South Africa | 1 | 1:54,177,704 | 343,732 |
| Thailand | 1 | 1:70,638,345 | 1,175,915 |
| Uganda | 1 | 1:39,039,279 | 258,887 |
Kolou (2,917) may also be a first name.
Kolou Last Name Facts
Where Does The Last Name Kolou Come From? nationality or country of origin
The surname Kolou (Hassaniya-Arabic: ﻛﻮﻝ) occurs more in Togo more than any other country/territory. It can also appear as:. For other potential spellings of Kolou click here.
How Common Is The Last Name Kolou? popularity and diffusion
The last name Kolou is the 102,221st most widely held surname in the world It is held by around 1 in 1,580,127 people. Kolou occurs mostly in Africa, where 97 percent of Kolou live; 96 percent live in West Africa and 95 percent live in Atlantic-Niger Africa. It is also the 134,446th most frequent first name in the world, borne by 2,917 people.
The surname is most widespread in Togo, where it is borne by 4,095 people, or 1 in 1,770. Barring Togo Kolou exists in 15 countries. It also occurs in The Ivory Coast, where 5 percent are found and Benin, where 4 percent are found.
Phonetically Similar Names
Kolou Name Transliterations
| Transliteration | ICU Latin | Percentage of Incidence |
|---|---|---|
| Kolou in the Hassaniya-Arabic language | ||
| ﻛﻮﻝ | kwl | - |
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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 Kolou
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