Molou Surname
Approximately 1,844 people bear this surname
Molou Surname Distribution Map
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| Ivory Coast | 1,159 | 1:19,906 | 1,502 |
| Indonesia | 239 | 1:553,344 | 44,561 |
| Cameroon | 118 | 1:176,009 | 18,652 |
| Guinea | 103 | 1:114,891 | 869 |
| Papua New Guinea | 49 | 1:166,402 | 23,077 |
| Greece | 42 | 1:263,805 | 39,714 |
| France | 38 | 1:1,747,966 | 156,445 |
| Madagascar | 36 | 1:656,940 | 2,016 |
| Solomon Islands | 20 | 1:29,001 | 5,821 |
| Canada | 8 | 1:4,605,699 | 220,704 |
| Benin | 7 | 1:1,476,515 | 57,381 |
| Denmark | 5 | 1:1,128,943 | 52,970 |
| Vanuatu | 4 | 1:65,819 | 1,151 |
| United Arab Emirates | 2 | 1:4,581,136 | 93,443 |
| Brazil | 2 | 1:107,037,166 | 1,031,150 |
| Liberia | 1 | 1:4,408,535 | 47,110 |
| Malaysia | 1 | 1:29,494,225 | 409,885 |
| Niger | 1 | 1:19,192,017 | 110,060 |
| Pakistan | 1 | 1:178,643,885 | 213,220 |
| Italy | 1 | 1:61,156,688 | 199,583 |
| Qatar | 1 | 1:2,357,999 | 76,403 |
| Russia | 1 | 1:144,123,056 | 881,408 |
| Senegal | 1 | 1:14,579,342 | 11,705 |
| England | 1 | 1:55,718,059 | 489,080 |
| South Sudan | 1 | 1:11,415,076 | 3,182 |
| Sweden | 1 | 1:9,846,757 | 347,448 |
| United States | 1 | 1:362,458,933 | 1,988,048 |
Molou (886) may also be a first name.
Molou Last Name Facts
Where Does The Last Name Molou Come From? nationality or country of origin
The surname Molou (Hassaniya-Arabic: ﻣﻮﻟﻮ) has its highest incidence in The Ivory Coast. It can occur in the variant forms:. Click here to see other potential spellings of this name.
How Common Is The Last Name Molou? popularity and diffusion
The surname Molou is the 221,309th most commonly occurring family name on a worldwide basis, borne by around 1 in 3,952,031 people. The surname Molou is predominantly found in Africa, where 69 percent of Molou are found; 59 percent are found in West Africa and 52 percent are found in Atlantic-Niger Africa. It is also the 273,104th most widespread given name throughout the world It is held by 886 people.
The surname is most common in The Ivory Coast, where it is borne by 1,159 people, or 1 in 19,906. In The Ivory Coast Molou is most numerous in: Lacs District, where 29 percent are found, Bas-Sassandra District, where 28 percent are found and Abidjan Autonomous District, where 15 percent are found. Without taking into account The Ivory Coast Molou occurs in 26 countries. It is also common in Indonesia, where 13 percent are found and Cameroon, where 6 percent are found.
Phonetically Similar Names
Molou Name Transliterations
| Transliteration | ICU Latin | Percentage of Incidence |
|---|---|---|
| Molou in the Hassaniya-Arabic language | ||
| ﻣﻮﻟﻮ | mwlw | - |
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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 Molou
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