Velou Surname
Approximately 845 people bear this surname
Velou Surname Distribution Map
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| France | 751 | 1:88,446 | 12,657 |
| Ivory Coast | 47 | 1:490,877 | 15,694 |
| Benin | 15 | 1:689,040 | 39,432 |
| Singapore | 13 | 1:423,669 | 18,211 |
| India | 12 | 1:63,922,115 | 578,870 |
| England | 3 | 1:18,572,686 | 338,250 |
| Russia | 2 | 1:72,061,528 | 727,117 |
| Germany | 1 | 1:80,505,459 | 560,955 |
| Greece | 1 | 1:11,079,790 | 145,225 |
Velou (108) may also be a first name.
Velou Last Name Facts
Where Does The Last Name Velou Come From? nationality or country of origin
Velou (Hassaniya-Arabic: ﻓﻠﻮ, Russian: Велоу) occurs most in France. It can also occur as:. Click here for further potential spellings of this last name.
How Common Is The Last Name Velou? popularity and diffusion
The last name is the 412,606th most widespread surname internationally. It is borne by around 1 in 8,624,315 people. This last name occurs mostly in Africa, where 86 percent of Velou live; 80 percent live in East Africa and 69 percent live in Afro-Islamic Indian Ocean. It is also the 904,892nd most widely held forename throughout the world It is held by 108 people.
The last name is most prevalent in France, where it is held by 751 people, or 1 in 88,446. In France it is mostly found in: Mayotte, where 78 percent reside, Réunion, where 12 percent reside and Île-de-France, where 4 percent reside. Barring France it exists in 8 countries. It is also common in The Ivory Coast, where 6 percent reside and Benin, where 2 percent reside.
Phonetically Similar Names
Velou Name Transliterations
| Transliteration | ICU Latin | Percentage of Incidence |
|---|---|---|
| Velou in the Hassaniya-Arabic language | ||
| ﻓﻠﻮ | flw | - |
| Velou in the Russian language | ||
| Велоу | velou | - |
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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 Velou
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