Lô Surname
Approximately 466 people bear this surname
Lô Surname Distribution Map
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| Mauritania | 414 | 1:9,891 | 1,020 |
| France | 20 | 1:3,321,136 | 213,627 |
| Brazil | 11 | 1:19,461,303 | 329,560 |
| Guinea | 5 | 1:2,366,763 | 1,841 |
| Morocco | 4 | 1:8,619,025 | 73,251 |
| Benin | 2 | 1:5,167,801 | 84,334 |
| Senegal | 2 | 1:7,289,671 | 8,117 |
| United Arab Emirates | 2 | 1:4,581,136 | 93,443 |
| Belgium | 1 | 1:11,496,644 | 167,539 |
| Canada | 1 | 1:36,845,591 | 464,108 |
| Iceland | 1 | 1:380,090 | 11,096 |
| Mali | 1 | 1:16,969,035 | 4,067 |
| Switzerland | 1 | 1:8,212,915 | 156,297 |
| United States | 1 | 1:362,458,933 | 1,988,048 |
The alternate forms: Lo (302,664), Ló (82), Lö (5) & Lò (4) are calculated separately.
Lô (10) may also be a first name.
Lô Last Name Facts
Where Does The Last Name Lô Come From? nationality or country of origin
Lô occurs in Mauritania more than any other country/territory. It may occur as a variant: Lo, Ló, Lö or Lò. Click here to see other potential spellings of this surname.
How Common Is The Last Name Lô? popularity and diffusion
The surname Lô is the 649,026th most frequent surname throughout the world, held by around 1 in 15,638,511 people. The last name occurs mostly in Africa, where 92 percent of Lô are found; 91 percent are found in West Africa and 89 percent are found in Senegambia Africa. Lô is also the 3,684,242nd most frequently held first name worldwide It is held by 10 people.
The last name is most commonly held in Mauritania, where it is held by 414 people, or 1 in 9,891. In Mauritania Lô is primarily concentrated in: Nouakchott-Ouest Region, where 48 percent are found, Nouakchott-Sud Region, where 17 percent are found and Brakna Region, where 15 percent are found. Barring Mauritania this surname is found in 13 countries. It is also found in France, where 4 percent are found and Brazil, where 2 percent are found.
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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 Lô
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