Koulo Surname
Approximately 373 people bear this surname
Koulo Surname Distribution Map
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| Benin | 206 | 1:50,173 | 6,324 |
| Ivory Coast | 81 | 1:284,830 | 10,886 |
| Niger | 33 | 1:581,576 | 14,627 |
| Liberia | 23 | 1:191,675 | 12,886 |
| Papua New Guinea | 23 | 1:354,509 | 47,011 |
| Burkina Faso | 2 | 1:9,176,050 | 23,741 |
| Cameroon | 2 | 1:10,384,534 | 165,830 |
| Greece | 1 | 1:11,079,790 | 145,225 |
| Morocco | 1 | 1:34,476,099 | 111,471 |
| Sweden | 1 | 1:9,846,757 | 347,448 |
Koulo (758) may also be a first name.
Koulo Last Name Facts
Where Does The Last Name Koulo Come From? nationality or country of origin
Koulo (Hassaniya-Arabic: ﻛﻮﻟﻮ) is most common in Benin. It may also appear in the variant forms:. Click here for other potential spellings of this last name.
How Common Is The Last Name Koulo? popularity and diffusion
The surname Koulo is the 764,765th most frequent last name world-wide. It is borne by approximately 1 in 19,537,657 people. This last name is mostly found in Africa, where 93 percent of Koulo live; 93 percent live in West Africa and 77 percent live in Atlantic-Niger Africa. It is also the 298,355th most frequent first name globally, held by 758 people.
The last name Koulo is most widespread in Benin, where it is held by 206 people, or 1 in 50,173. In Benin it is mostly concentrated in: Zou Department, where 48 percent are found, Ouémé Department, where 28 percent are found and Littoral Department, where 20 percent are found. Outside of Benin this last name exists in 9 countries. It is also common in The Ivory Coast, where 22 percent are found and Niger, where 9 percent are found.
Phonetically Similar Names
Koulo Name Transliterations
| Transliteration | ICU Latin | Percentage of Incidence |
|---|---|---|
| Koulo in the Hassaniya-Arabic language | ||
| ﻛﻮﻟﻮ | kwlw | - |
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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 Koulo
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