Seilou Surname
Approximately 34 people bear this surname
Seilou Surname Distribution Map
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| Cameroon | 32 | 1:649,033 | 48,340 |
| Ivory Coast | 1 | 1:23,071,232 | 76,679 |
| Mauritania | 1 | 1:4,094,863 | 38,869 |
Seilou (377) may also be a first name.
Seilou Last Name Facts
Where Does The Last Name Seilou Come From? nationality or country of origin
The surname Seilou (Hassaniya-Arabic: ﺳﻴﻠﻮﻡ) is found in Cameroon more than any other country or territory. It can be rendered as a variant:. Click here for other possible spellings of this last name.
How Common Is The Last Name Seilou? popularity and diffusion
This last name is the 3,373,373rd most widespread surname on a worldwide basis, held by approximately 1 in 214,339,586 people. The last name is primarily found in Africa, where 97 percent of Seilou live; 88 percent live in West Africa and 88 percent live in Senegambia Africa. It is also the 446,783rd most commonly used given name globally, held by 377 people.
It is most frequently held in Cameroon, where it is borne by 32 people, or 1 in 649,033. In Cameroon it is primarily concentrated in: North Region, where 91 percent live, Centre Region, where 3 percent live and East Region, where 3 percent live. Besides Cameroon it is found in 2 countries. It also occurs in The Ivory Coast, where 3 percent live and Mauritania, where 3 percent live.
Phonetically Similar Names
Seilou Name Transliterations
| Transliteration | ICU Latin | Percentage of Incidence |
|---|---|---|
| Seilou in the Hassaniya-Arabic language | ||
| ﺳﻴﻠﻮﻡ | sylwm | - |
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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 Seilou
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