Sahlou Surname
Approximately 33 people bear this surname
Sahlou Surname Distribution Map
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| Ethiopia | 16 | 1:6,096,641 | 11,907 |
| Niger | 8 | 1:2,399,002 | 43,750 |
| Benin | 7 | 1:1,476,515 | 57,381 |
| Iran | 1 | 1:76,782,524 | 277,718 |
| Ivory Coast | 1 | 1:23,071,232 | 76,679 |
Sahlou Last Name Facts
Where Does The Last Name Sahlou Come From? nationality or country of origin
Sahlou is found in Ethiopia more than any other country/territory. It can also be rendered as a variant:. For other possible spellings of this last name click here.
How Common Is The Last Name Sahlou? popularity and diffusion
The surname is the 3,432,070th most frequently occurring last name on a global scale, borne by around 1 in 220,834,725 people. The surname Sahlou occurs predominantly in Africa, where 97 percent of Sahlou live; 48 percent live in East Africa and 48 percent live in Ethiosemitic Africa.
The surname Sahlou is most widely held in Ethiopia, where it is held by 16 people, or 1 in 6,096,641. Without taking into account Ethiopia Sahlou is found in 4 countries. It also occurs in Niger, where 24 percent live and Benin, where 21 percent live.
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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 Sahlou
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