Lahou Surname
Approximately 708 people bear this surname
Lahou Surname Distribution Map
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| Morocco | 341 | 1:101,103 | 17,469 |
| Belgium | 91 | 1:126,337 | 18,388 |
| Ivory Coast | 74 | 1:311,773 | 11,581 |
| Benin | 55 | 1:187,920 | 18,137 |
| Niger | 39 | 1:492,103 | 12,962 |
| Netherlands | 31 | 1:544,748 | 49,659 |
| Congo | 19 | 1:262,584 | 8,646 |
| Iraq | 16 | 1:2,188,853 | 19,343 |
| Taiwan | 9 | 1:2,604,972 | 16,335 |
| Canada | 5 | 1:7,369,118 | 289,406 |
| England | 3 | 1:18,572,686 | 338,250 |
| Indonesia | 3 | 1:44,083,065 | 698,220 |
| Algeria | 3 | 1:12,877,184 | 84,902 |
| Mauritania | 3 | 1:1,364,954 | 27,355 |
| United States | 2 | 1:181,229,466 | 1,556,795 |
| Syria | 1 | 1:19,301,022 | 22,457 |
| South Africa | 1 | 1:54,177,704 | 343,732 |
| Spain | 1 | 1:46,752,036 | 156,870 |
| Luxembourg | 1 | 1:580,542 | 15,155 |
| United Arab Emirates | 1 | 1:9,162,273 | 135,437 |
| Yemen | 1 | 1:26,425,294 | 55,147 |
| Pakistan | 1 | 1:178,643,885 | 213,220 |
| Brazil | 1 | 1:214,074,332 | 1,693,628 |
| Greece | 1 | 1:11,079,790 | 145,225 |
| France | 1 | 1:66,422,722 | 504,397 |
| Finland | 1 | 1:5,496,702 | 84,025 |
| DR Congo | 1 | 1:73,879,570 | 260,543 |
| Cameroon | 1 | 1:20,769,068 | 227,406 |
| Burkina Faso | 1 | 1:18,352,100 | 30,051 |
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| England | 1 | 1:24,375,369 | 195,128 |
Lahou (92) may also be a first name.
Lahou Last Name Facts
Where Does The Last Name Lahou Come From? nationality or country of origin
Lahou (Hassaniya-Arabic: ﺍﻟﻠﻬﻮ) occurs in Morocco more than any other country or territory. It may also appear in the variant forms:. Click here for further possible spellings of this last name.
How Common Is The Last Name Lahou? popularity and diffusion
The surname is the 473,192nd most commonly used surname on a global scale. It is borne by approximately 1 in 10,293,144 people. This surname is predominantly found in Africa, where 75 percent of Lahou live; 49 percent live in North Africa and 49 percent live in Mahgreb. Lahou is also the 992,070th most commonly occurring first name in the world, held by 92 people.
This last name is most frequently held in Morocco, where it is carried by 341 people, or 1 in 101,103. Other than Morocco this last name is found in 28 countries. It also occurs in Belgium, where 13 percent live and The Ivory Coast, where 10 percent live.
Lahou Family Population Trend historical fluctuation
The incidence of Lahou has changed over time. In England the number of people bearing the Lahou surname increased 300 percent between 1881 and 2014.
Phonetically Similar Names
Lahou Name Transliterations
| Transliteration | ICU Latin | Percentage of Incidence |
|---|---|---|
| Lahou in the Hassaniya-Arabic language | ||
| ﺍﻟﻠﻬﻮ | allhw | 50 |
| ﻟﻠﻬﻮ | llhw | 25 |
| ﺍﻟﻠﻪ | allh | 25 |
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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
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- 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 Lahou
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