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
The surname Lô is found in Mauritania more than any other country/territory. It can also occur in the variant forms: Lo, Ló, Lö or Lò. Click here to see other potential spellings of this last name.
How Common Is The Last Name Lô? popularity and diffusion
The last name Lô is the 649,026th most numerous surname on a global scale It is held by approximately 1 in 15,638,511 people. This 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 commonly held given name on earth, held by 10 people.
The last name is most commonly occurring in Mauritania, where it is carried by 414 people, or 1 in 9,891. In Mauritania it is mostly found in: Nouakchott-Ouest Region, where 48 percent reside, Nouakchott-Sud Region, where 17 percent reside and Brakna Region, where 15 percent reside. Aside from Mauritania Lô is found in 13 countries. It also occurs in France, where 4 percent reside and Brazil, where 2 percent reside.
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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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