Koulou Surname
Approximately 5,876 people bear this surname
Koulou Surname Distribution Map
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| Cameroon | 2,731 | 1:7,605 | 960 |
| Ivory Coast | 1,246 | 1:18,516 | 1,415 |
| Togo | 945 | 1:7,670 | 1,744 |
| Niger | 564 | 1:34,028 | 1,881 |
| Congo | 139 | 1:35,893 | 3,472 |
| Burkina Faso | 107 | 1:171,515 | 4,070 |
| Greece | 69 | 1:160,577 | 26,211 |
| France | 19 | 1:3,495,933 | 219,029 |
| Benin | 16 | 1:645,975 | 38,126 |
| Mauritania | 15 | 1:272,991 | 12,403 |
| Morocco | 9 | 1:3,830,678 | 54,497 |
| Canada | 5 | 1:7,369,118 | 289,406 |
| India | 2 | 1:383,532,691 | 1,645,216 |
| Belgium | 2 | 1:5,748,322 | 130,559 |
| Chad | 1 | 1:13,592,199 | 13,092 |
| Cyprus | 1 | 1:884,876 | 13,055 |
| Algeria | 1 | 1:38,631,551 | 130,422 |
| Italy | 1 | 1:61,156,688 | 199,583 |
| Nigeria | 1 | 1:177,142,758 | 748,972 |
| Senegal | 1 | 1:14,579,342 | 11,705 |
| Spain | 1 | 1:46,752,036 | 156,870 |
Koulou (9,798) may also be a first name.
Koulou Last Name Facts
Where Does The Last Name Koulou Come From? nationality or country of origin
The last name Koulou (Hassaniya-Arabic: ﻛﻮﻟﻮ) is borne by more people in Cameroon than any other country or territory. It can occur as a variant:. Click here for further possible spellings of Koulou.
How Common Is The Last Name Koulou? popularity and diffusion
It is the 82,476th most prevalent last name on a worldwide basis It is held by approximately 1 in 1,240,222 people. The surname Koulou occurs predominantly in Africa, where 93 percent of Koulou reside; 62 percent reside in West Africa and 34 percent reside in Atlantic-Niger Africa. Koulou is also the 62,104th most commonly held given name globally, held by 9,798 people.
This last name is most numerous in Cameroon, where it is borne by 2,731 people, or 1 in 7,605. In Cameroon Koulou is most common in: Adamawa Region, where 74 percent live, Centre Region, where 7 percent live and North Region, where 7 percent live. Aside from Cameroon this surname is found in 20 countries. It is also common in The Ivory Coast, where 21 percent live and Togo, where 16 percent live.
Phonetically Similar Names
Koulou Name Transliterations
| Transliteration | ICU Latin | Percentage of Incidence |
|---|---|---|
| Koulou in the Hassaniya-Arabic language | ||
| ﻛﻮﻟﻮ | kwlw | 54.55 |
| ﻛﻮﻝ | kwl | 45.45 |
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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 Koulou
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