Mikailou Surname
Approximately 761 people bear this surname
Mikailou Surname Distribution Map
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| Niger | 511 | 1:37,558 | 2,051 |
| Burkina Faso | 101 | 1:181,704 | 4,184 |
| Cameroon | 76 | 1:273,277 | 26,204 |
| Benin | 63 | 1:164,057 | 16,557 |
| Togo | 4 | 1:1,811,942 | 8,122 |
| United States | 3 | 1:120,819,644 | 1,331,040 |
| Ivory Coast | 2 | 1:11,535,616 | 61,806 |
| Congo | 1 | 1:4,989,096 | 34,171 |
The alternate forms: Mikaïlou (8) are calculated separately.
Mikailou (2,641) may also be a first name.
Mikailou Last Name Facts
Where Does The Last Name Mikailou Come From? nationality or country of origin
The last name Mikailou (Hassaniya-Arabic: ﻣﻴﻜﺎﺋﻴﻠﻮ) is found most frequently in Niger. It may also occur in the variant forms: Mikaïlou. Click here for other potential spellings of Mikailou.
How Common Is The Last Name Mikailou? popularity and diffusion
This last name is the 447,670th most commonly used surname in the world, held by approximately 1 in 9,576,276 people. This surname is predominantly found in Africa, where 100 percent of Mikailou are found; 95 percent are found in West Africa and 72 percent are found in Chadic Africa. It is also the 142,880th most common first name internationally. It is borne by 2,641 people.
Mikailou is most frequent in Niger, where it is carried by 511 people, or 1 in 37,558. In Niger Mikailou is primarily concentrated in: Tahoua Region, where 52 percent live, Maradi Region, where 23 percent live and Tillabéri Region, where 16 percent live. Other than Niger this surname is found in 7 countries. It is also found in Burkina Faso, where 13 percent live and Cameroon, where 10 percent live.
Phonetically Similar Names
Mikailou Name Transliterations
| Transliteration | ICU Latin | Percentage of Incidence |
|---|---|---|
| Mikailou in the Hassaniya-Arabic language | ||
| ﻣﻴﻜﺎﺋﻴﻠﻮ | mykayylw | 50 |
| ﻣﻜﺎﺋﻴﻞ | mkayyl | 16.67 |
| ﻣﻴﻜﺎﺋﻴﻞ | mykayyl | 16.67 |
| ﻣﻴﻜﺎﺋﻞ | mykayl | 16.67 |
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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 Mikailou
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