Oclou Surname

3,323,005th
Most Common
surname in the World

Approximately 35 people bear this surname

Most prevalent in:
Benin
Highest density in:
Benin

Oclou Surname

The meaning of this surname is not listed.

Oclou Surname Distribution Map

PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
Benin221:469,80032,108
Ivory Coast111:2,097,38537,425
France11:66,422,722504,397
Mauritius11:1,293,41716,552

Oclou Last Name Facts

Where Does The Last Name Oclou Come From? nationality or country of origin

Oclou is held by more people in Benin than any other country/territory. It may appear as a variant:. Click here to see other possible spellings of this last name.

How Common Is The Last Name Oclou? popularity and diffusion

The last name is the 3,323,005th most widespread surname on a worldwide basis It is held by approximately 1 in 208,215,598 people. This surname occurs predominantly in Africa, where 71 percent of Oclou live; 69 percent live in West Africa and 69 percent live in Atlantic-Niger Africa.

It is most frequently used in Benin, where it is held by 22 people, or 1 in 469,800. In Benin Oclou is most common in: Mono Department, where 73 percent live, Littoral Department, where 18 percent live and Atlantique Department, where 5 percent live. Not including Benin this last name exists in 3 countries. It is also common in The Ivory Coast, where 31 percent live and France, where 3 percent live.

Phonetically Similar Names

SurnameSimilarityWorldwide IncidencePrevalency
Oclo89117/
Oclu893/
Ouchlou835/
O'Cloud831/
Ocloo8020,875/
Oklou80558/
Oclos80300/
Aclou8017/
Oclus8012/
Oclod807/
Goclo804/
Oclud803/
Oclio802/
Ocllo802/
Ocleo801/
Oclop801/
Oeclo801/
Ocleu801/
Hoclo800/
Ocello73621/
Achlou7318/
Gocklo7315/
Ocillo7312/
Ocleus732/
Ochlue732/
O'Cloo732/
Acloue731/
Oclaio731/
Oclloa731/
Hoclos731/
Ouklou731/
Ouzlou731/
Goclio731/
Ahclou731/
Acleou731/
Oklu672,636/
Aclo671,841/
Oklo67401/
Ochello67183/
Occello67155/
Occillo67138/
Ochillo6778/
Ozlu6777/
Hacklou674/
Aclu674/
Ocla673/
Uclu673/
Uclo672/
O'Cello672/
Ozlo672/
Aclehou672/
Gachlou671/
Aclouth671/
Oqulous671/
Guchlou671/
Ockluys671/
Ochslui670/

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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 Oclou
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