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
The surname Salaou is held by more people in Niger than any other country or territory. It can be found as a variant:. Click here to see other potential spellings of this name.
How Common Is The Last Name Salaou? popularity and diffusion
Salaou is the 26,089th most frequently occurring last name throughout the world, borne by around 1 in 353,370 people. Salaou is predominantly found in Africa, where 100 percent of Salaou reside; 100 percent reside in West Africa and 83 percent reside in Chadic Africa. It is also the 124,341st most common first name throughout the world, held by 3,308 people.
This last name is most commonly occurring in Niger, where it is borne by 17,200 people, or 1 in 1,116. In Niger Salaou is most prevalent in: Maradi Region, where 38 percent live, Dosso Region, where 21 percent live and Tahoua Region, where 20 percent live. Aside from Niger this surname exists in 14 countries. It is also common in Benin, where 10 percent live and Togo, where 7 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
- 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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