Polou Surname
Approximately 122 people bear this surname
Polou Surname Distribution Map
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| Greece | 63 | 1:175,870 | 28,388 |
| Ivory Coast | 27 | 1:854,490 | 22,281 |
| France | 8 | 1:8,302,840 | 321,660 |
| Papua New Guinea | 7 | 1:1,164,817 | 109,517 |
| Malaysia | 6 | 1:4,915,704 | 170,578 |
| Nigeria | 5 | 1:35,428,552 | 388,973 |
| England | 1 | 1:55,718,059 | 489,080 |
| Finland | 1 | 1:5,496,702 | 84,025 |
| Philippines | 1 | 1:101,238,223 | 404,861 |
| Puerto Rico | 1 | 1:3,550,139 | 9,109 |
| Russia | 1 | 1:144,123,056 | 881,408 |
| South Africa | 1 | 1:54,177,704 | 343,732 |
Polou (87) may also be a first name.
Polou Last Name Facts
Where Does The Last Name Polou Come From? nationality or country of origin
The surname Polou (Russian: Полоу) is carried by more people in Greece than any other country or territory. It can also appear in the variant forms:. Click here to see other potential spellings of this surname.
How Common Is The Last Name Polou? popularity and diffusion
The surname Polou is the 1,637,889th most commonly used last name in the world, held by approximately 1 in 59,733,983 people. This last name occurs mostly in Europe, where 61 percent of Polou reside; 52 percent reside in Southeastern Europe and 52 percent reside in Helleno-Europe. It is also the 1,024,927th most common first name at a global level It is held by 87 people.
It is most frequently held in Greece, where it is carried by 63 people, or 1 in 175,870. In Greece it is mostly found in: Attica, where 49 percent are found, Central Macedonia, where 27 percent are found and South Aegean, where 22 percent are found. Barring Greece Polou occurs in 11 countries. It is also common in The Ivory Coast, where 22 percent are found and France, where 7 percent are found.
Phonetically Similar Names
Polou Name Transliterations
| Transliteration | ICU Latin | Percentage of Incidence |
|---|---|---|
| Polou in the Russian language | ||
| Полоу | polou | - |
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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 Polou
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