Sallaou Surname
Approximately 2,289 people bear this surname
Sallaou Surname Distribution Map
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| Niger | 2,089 | 1:9,187 | 702 |
| Morocco | 170 | 1:202,801 | 34,956 |
| Cameroon | 29 | 1:716,175 | 51,453 |
| Tunisia | 1 | 1:610,626 | 30,336 |
Sallaou (631) may also be a first name.
Sallaou Last Name Facts
Where Does The Last Name Sallaou Come From? nationality or country of origin
Sallaou is found most frequently in Niger. It can appear as:. Click here for other potential spellings of this last name.
How Common Is The Last Name Sallaou? popularity and diffusion
This surname is the 185,182nd most widely held family name on a global scale, held by approximately 1 in 3,183,725 people. Sallaou is predominantly found in Africa, where 100 percent of Sallaou reside; 91 percent reside in West Africa and 91 percent reside in Chadic Africa. Sallaou is also the 331,447th most numerous first name on earth, held by 631 people.
The surname Sallaou is most numerous in Niger, where it is carried by 2,089 people, or 1 in 9,187. In Niger Sallaou is mostly found in: Zinder Region, where 57 percent reside, Maradi Region, where 38 percent reside and Tahoua Region, where 3 percent reside. Other than Niger this last name exists in 3 countries. It also occurs in Morocco, where 7 percent reside and Cameroon, where 1 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 Sallaou
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