Oualou Surname
Approximately 114 people bear this surname
Oualou Surname Distribution Map
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| Ivory Coast | 97 | 1:237,848 | 9,622 |
| Morocco | 9 | 1:3,830,678 | 54,497 |
| Senegal | 3 | 1:4,859,781 | 6,822 |
| France | 2 | 1:33,211,361 | 423,184 |
| Benin | 1 | 1:10,335,602 | 103,742 |
| Canada | 1 | 1:36,845,591 | 464,108 |
| Mauritania | 1 | 1:4,094,863 | 38,869 |
Oualou (69) may also be a first name.
Oualou Last Name Facts
Where Does The Last Name Oualou Come From? nationality or country of origin
The last name Oualou (Hassaniya-Arabic: ﻭﺍﻟﻮ) is carried by more people in The Ivory Coast than any other country or territory. It may occur as:. Click here to see other possible spellings of this last name.
How Common Is The Last Name Oualou? popularity and diffusion
This surname is the 1,710,039th most prevalent surname globally, held by approximately 1 in 63,925,841 people. The last name is mostly found in Africa, where 58 percent of Oualou reside; 50 percent reside in West Africa and 27 percent reside in Atlantic-Niger Africa. It is also the 1,171,416th most numerous first name worldwide, held by 69 people.
The last name is most widespread in The Ivory Coast, where it is borne by 97 people, or 1 in 237,848. In The Ivory Coast Oualou is primarily found in: Abidjan Autonomous District, where 46 percent live, Sassandra-Marahoué District, where 22 percent live and Lacs District, where 16 percent live. Without taking into account The Ivory Coast this last name exists in 6 countries. It is also found in Morocco, where 8 percent live and Senegal, where 3 percent live.
Phonetically Similar Names
Oualou Name Transliterations
| Transliteration | ICU Latin | Percentage of Incidence |
|---|---|---|
| Oualou in the Hassaniya-Arabic language | ||
| ﻭﺍﻟﻮ | walw | - |
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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 Oualou
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