Palou Surname
Approximately 7,047 people bear this surname
Palou Surname Distribution Map
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| Chad | 2,311 | 1:5,882 | 869 |
| Spain | 1,998 | 1:23,399 | 2,499 |
| Togo | 735 | 1:9,861 | 2,446 |
| Cameroon | 644 | 1:32,250 | 4,345 |
| Argentina | 385 | 1:111,022 | 9,365 |
| France | 172 | 1:386,179 | 57,106 |
| Niger | 149 | 1:128,805 | 4,941 |
| Papua New Guinea | 101 | 1:80,730 | 10,659 |
| Puerto Rico | 100 | 1:35,501 | 949 |
| United States | 93 | 1:3,897,408 | 212,857 |
| Uruguay | 65 | 1:52,796 | 5,844 |
| Philippines | 53 | 1:1,910,155 | 116,778 |
| Chile | 39 | 1:451,704 | 11,842 |
| Mexico | 26 | 1:4,774,085 | 28,474 |
| Slovakia | 24 | 1:222,352 | 35,659 |
| Burkina Faso | 23 | 1:797,917 | 8,915 |
| Brazil | 19 | 1:11,267,070 | 228,483 |
| Benin | 15 | 1:689,040 | 39,432 |
| Canada | 13 | 1:2,834,276 | 161,175 |
| Indonesia | 13 | 1:10,173,015 | 372,576 |
| Venezuela | 10 | 1:3,020,408 | 31,795 |
| Australia | 7 | 1:3,856,529 | 135,538 |
| Switzerland | 6 | 1:1,368,819 | 77,571 |
| Honduras | 6 | 1:1,469,407 | 5,474 |
| Sweden | 5 | 1:1,969,351 | 134,077 |
| Andorra | 4 | 1:20,960 | 1,462 |
| England | 4 | 1:13,929,515 | 290,718 |
| Greece | 4 | 1:2,769,948 | 101,568 |
| Germany | 2 | 1:40,252,730 | 481,636 |
| Denmark | 2 | 1:2,822,358 | 76,882 |
| Cuba | 2 | 1:5,761,358 | 13,825 |
| Czechia | 1 | 1:10,633,469 | 206,023 |
| Algeria | 1 | 1:38,631,551 | 130,422 |
| Belgium | 1 | 1:11,496,644 | 167,539 |
| Central African Republic | 1 | 1:4,515,390 | 1,196 |
| United Arab Emirates | 1 | 1:9,162,273 | 135,437 |
| Tunisia | 1 | 1:610,626 | 30,336 |
| China | 1 | 1:1,367,321,566 | 51,149 |
| Thailand | 1 | 1:70,638,345 | 1,175,915 |
| Colombia | 1 | 1:47,774,072 | 44,230 |
| Cyprus | 1 | 1:884,876 | 13,055 |
| Dominican Republic | 1 | 1:10,432,932 | 36,508 |
| Ecuador | 1 | 1:15,905,846 | 50,210 |
| Gabon | 1 | 1:1,889,194 | 6,814 |
| Malta | 1 | 1:430,272 | 3,380 |
| Japan | 1 | 1:127,844,293 | 73,547 |
| Ivory Coast | 1 | 1:23,071,232 | 76,679 |
| India | 1 | 1:767,065,382 | 1,851,717 |
Palou (977) may also be a first name.
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Palou Last Name Facts
Where Does The Last Name Palou Come From? nationality or country of origin
The last name Palou (Hindi: पालौ, Oriya: ପେଳାଉ) occurs most in Chad. It may occur as:. Click here for other possible spellings of this name.
How Common Is The Last Name Palou? popularity and diffusion
It is the 70,182nd most commonly occurring surname globally It is held by approximately 1 in 1,034,135 people. It occurs mostly in Africa, where 55 percent of Palou live; 52 percent live in West Africa and 37 percent live in Chadic Africa. It is also the 257,794th most frequently occurring forename internationally. It is borne by 977 people.
This surname is most common in Chad, where it is held by 2,311 people, or 1 in 5,882. Excluding Chad it exists in 47 countries. It is also found in Spain, where 28 percent reside and Togo, where 10 percent reside.
Palou Last Name Statistics demography
In The United States those holding the Palou surname are 10.41% more likely to be registered Democrats than the national average, with 63.64% being registered to vote for the party.
The amount Palou earn in different countries varies somewhat. In United States they earn 12.67% less than the national average, earning $37,682 USD per year and in Canada they earn 25.53% less than the national average, earning $36,998 CAD per year.
Phonetically Similar Names
Palou Name Transliterations
| Transliteration | ICU Latin | Percentage of Incidence |
|---|---|---|
| Palou in the Hindi language | ||
| पालौ | palau | - |
| Palou in the Oriya language | ||
| ପେଳାଉ | pela'u | 90.91 |
| ପଳଉ | pala'u | 9.09 |
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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 Palou
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