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
Koulou (Hassaniya-Arabic: ﻛﻮﻟﻮ) is found in Cameroon more than any other country or territory. It may also appear as:. Click here for other possible spellings of this name.
How Common Is The Last Name Koulou? popularity and diffusion
The last name is the 82,476th most frequent last name internationally, borne by approximately 1 in 1,240,222 people. The last name Koulou occurs mostly 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 used first name worldwide, held by 9,798 people.
The surname is most commonly held in Cameroon, where it is carried by 2,731 people, or 1 in 7,605. In Cameroon it is most prevalent in: Adamawa Region, where 74 percent live, Centre Region, where 7 percent live and North Region, where 7 percent live. Apart from Cameroon this last name occurs in 20 countries. It also occurs 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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