Sailou Surname
Approximately 14 people bear this surname
Sailou Surname Distribution Map
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| Benin | 4 | 1:2,583,900 | 73,293 |
| Cameroon | 4 | 1:5,192,267 | 135,173 |
| Niger | 4 | 1:4,798,004 | 75,547 |
| Ivory Coast | 2 | 1:11,535,616 | 61,806 |
The alternate forms: Saïlou (2) are calculated separately.
Sailou (46) may also be a first name.
Sailou Last Name Facts
Where Does The Last Name Sailou Come From? nationality or country of origin
Sailou occurs most in Benin. It can also appear as a variant: Saïlou. For other potential spellings of this name click here.
How Common Is The Last Name Sailou? popularity and diffusion
Sailou is the 5,213,395th most frequently occurring last name in the world It is held by approximately 1 in 520,538,994 people. The last name Sailou occurs predominantly in Africa, where 93 percent of Sailou live; 93 percent live in West Africa and 43 percent live in Chadic Africa. Sailou is also the 1,484,914th most widespread first name worldwide. It is borne by 46 people.
The last name Sailou is most numerous in Benin, where it is held by 4 people, or 1 in 2,583,900. In Benin it is mostly found in: Donga Department, where 50 percent are found, Borgou Department, where 25 percent are found and Ouémé Department, where 25 percent are found. Beside Benin this last name occurs in 3 countries. It also occurs in Cameroon, where 29 percent are found and Niger, where 29 percent are found.
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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 Sailou
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