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) is held by more people in The Ivory Coast than any other country or territory. It may occur in the variant forms:. Click here for further possible spellings of Molou.
How Common Is The Last Name Molou? popularity and diffusion
It is the 221,309th most frequently used last name on a worldwide basis. It is borne by around 1 in 3,952,031 people. This last name is predominantly found in Africa, where 69 percent of Molou live; 59 percent live in West Africa and 52 percent live in Atlantic-Niger Africa. Molou is also the 273,104th most prevalent first name throughout the world, held by 886 people.
Molou is most widely held in The Ivory Coast, where it is held by 1,159 people, or 1 in 19,906. In The Ivory Coast it is most frequent in: Lacs District, where 29 percent live, Bas-Sassandra District, where 28 percent live and Abidjan Autonomous District, where 15 percent live. Outside of The Ivory Coast this surname is found in 26 countries. It also occurs in Indonesia, where 13 percent live and Cameroon, where 6 percent live.
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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