Walou Surname
Approximately 580 people bear this surname
Walou Surname Distribution Map
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| Morocco | 204 | 1:169,000 | 29,345 |
| Senegal | 114 | 1:127,889 | 1,171 |
| Niger | 105 | 1:182,781 | 6,371 |
| Benin | 89 | 1:116,130 | 12,862 |
| Papua New Guinea | 29 | 1:281,163 | 38,188 |
| Algeria | 12 | 1:3,219,296 | 45,820 |
| Cameroon | 7 | 1:2,967,010 | 123,373 |
| Ivory Coast | 4 | 1:5,767,808 | 55,416 |
| South Sudan | 4 | 1:2,853,769 | 1,758 |
| Indonesia | 2 | 1:66,124,597 | 756,638 |
| United States | 1 | 1:362,458,933 | 1,988,048 |
| Sweden | 1 | 1:9,846,757 | 347,448 |
| Spain | 1 | 1:46,752,036 | 156,870 |
| Russia | 1 | 1:144,123,056 | 881,408 |
| Philippines | 1 | 1:101,238,223 | 404,861 |
| Mauritania | 1 | 1:4,094,863 | 38,869 |
| Kenya | 1 | 1:46,179,900 | 103,372 |
| France | 1 | 1:66,422,722 | 504,397 |
| Canada | 1 | 1:36,845,591 | 464,108 |
| Belgium | 1 | 1:11,496,644 | 167,539 |
Walou (560) may also be a first name.
Walou Last Name Facts
Where Does The Last Name Walou Come From? nationality or country of origin
Walou (Hassaniya-Arabic: ﻭﺍﻟﻮ) occurs in Morocco more than any other country/territory. It can also be rendered as a variant:. For other possible spellings of Walou click here.
How Common Is The Last Name Walou? popularity and diffusion
Walou is the 550,571st most widely held surname internationally, held by around 1 in 12,564,734 people. This last name occurs predominantly in Africa, where 93 percent of Walou live; 55 percent live in West Africa and 37 percent live in Mahgreb. Walou is also the 355,253rd most commonly occurring first name in the world, borne by 560 people.
Walou is most widespread in Morocco, where it is borne by 204 people, or 1 in 169,000. Without taking into account Morocco this surname is found in 19 countries. It is also common in Senegal, where 20 percent are found and Niger, where 18 percent are found.
Phonetically Similar Names
Walou Name Transliterations
| Transliteration | ICU Latin | Percentage of Incidence |
|---|---|---|
| Walou in the Hassaniya-Arabic language | ||
| ﻭﺍﻟﻮ | walw | - |
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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 Walou
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