Silou Surname
Approximately 512 people bear this surname
Silou Surname Distribution Map
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| Congo | 199 | 1:25,071 | 2,722 |
| Egypt | 153 | 1:600,887 | 32,813 |
| France | 53 | 1:1,253,259 | 128,888 |
| Papua New Guinea | 44 | 1:185,312 | 25,733 |
| Benin | 14 | 1:738,257 | 40,906 |
| Malaysia | 12 | 1:2,457,852 | 95,442 |
| Canada | 9 | 1:4,093,955 | 205,175 |
| Cameroon | 7 | 1:2,967,010 | 123,373 |
| Indonesia | 7 | 1:18,892,742 | 520,071 |
| Niger | 2 | 1:9,596,008 | 86,358 |
| Ivory Coast | 2 | 1:11,535,616 | 61,806 |
| Mauritania | 1 | 1:4,094,863 | 38,869 |
| England | 1 | 1:55,718,059 | 489,080 |
| Nigeria | 1 | 1:177,142,758 | 748,972 |
| DR Congo | 1 | 1:73,879,570 | 260,543 |
| Seychelles | 1 | 1:92,393 | 1,532 |
| Solomon Islands | 1 | 1:580,029 | 22,243 |
| Spain | 1 | 1:46,752,036 | 156,870 |
| United States | 1 | 1:362,458,933 | 1,988,048 |
| United States Virgin Islands | 1 | 1:110,375 | 6,934 |
| Brazil | 1 | 1:214,074,332 | 1,693,628 |
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| United States | 2 | 1:25,109,342 | 694,541 |
Silou (95) may also be a first name.
Silou Last Name Facts
Where Does The Last Name Silou Come From? nationality or country of origin
The last name Silou (Hassaniya-Arabic: ﺳﻴﻠﻮ) occurs in The Congo more than any other country or territory. It may also be rendered as a variant:. For other possible spellings of this name click here.
How Common Is The Last Name Silou? popularity and diffusion
Silou is the 605,571st most frequent surname on a global scale, held by approximately 1 in 14,233,488 people. The surname is mostly found in Africa, where 74 percent of Silou reside; 39 percent reside in Central Africa and 39 percent reside in Central Bantu Africa. It is also the 974,243rd most widely held first name internationally It is held by 95 people.
It is most commonly occurring in The Congo, where it is borne by 199 people, or 1 in 25,071. In The Congo it is mostly found in: Brazzaville Department, where 90 percent are found, Cuvette-Ouest Department, where 5 percent are found and Pool Department, where 2 percent are found. Barring The Congo Silou exists in 20 countries. It also occurs in Egypt, where 30 percent are found and France, where 10 percent are found.
Silou Family Population Trend historical fluctuation
The prevalency of Silou has changed through the years. In The United States the share of the population with the last name declined 50 percent between 1880 and 2014.
Phonetically Similar Names
Silou Name Transliterations
| Transliteration | ICU Latin | Percentage of Incidence |
|---|---|---|
| Silou in the Hassaniya-Arabic language | ||
| ﺳﻴﻠﻮ | sylw | - |
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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 Silou
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