Salaou Surname
Approximately 20,623 people bear this surname
Salaou Surname Distribution Map
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| Niger | 17,200 | 1:1,116 | 156 |
| Benin | 1,967 | 1:5,255 | 690 |
| Togo | 1,365 | 1:5,310 | 1,020 |
| Cameroon | 30 | 1:692,302 | 50,404 |
| Burkina Faso | 22 | 1:834,186 | 9,118 |
| Ivory Coast | 18 | 1:1,281,735 | 28,562 |
| Nigeria | 10 | 1:17,714,276 | 277,641 |
| England | 3 | 1:18,572,686 | 338,250 |
| United States | 2 | 1:181,229,466 | 1,556,795 |
| Canada | 1 | 1:36,845,591 | 464,108 |
| Ethiopia | 1 | 1:97,546,262 | 29,669 |
| France | 1 | 1:66,422,722 | 504,397 |
| Mali | 1 | 1:16,969,035 | 4,067 |
| Morocco | 1 | 1:34,476,099 | 111,471 |
| South Africa | 1 | 1:54,177,704 | 343,732 |
Salaou (3,308) may also be a first name.
Salaou Last Name Facts
Where Does The Last Name Salaou Come From? nationality or country of origin
Salaou has its highest incidence in Niger. It can be found as a variant:. Click here for other potential spellings of this surname.
How Common Is The Last Name Salaou? popularity and diffusion
The last name Salaou is the 26,089th most commonly occurring family name internationally It is held by approximately 1 in 353,370 people. Salaou is primarily found in Africa, where 100 percent of Salaou live; 100 percent live in West Africa and 83 percent live in Chadic Africa. Salaou is also the 124,341st most commonly held given name globally, held by 3,308 people.
It is most frequently used in Niger, where it is carried by 17,200 people, or 1 in 1,116. In Niger it is most common in: Maradi Region, where 38 percent reside, Dosso Region, where 21 percent reside and Tahoua Region, where 20 percent reside. Beside Niger this surname occurs in 14 countries. It is also common in Benin, where 10 percent reside and Togo, where 7 percent reside.
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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 Salaou
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