Wollou Surname
Approximately 213 people bear this surname
Wollou Surname Distribution Map
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| Benin | 123 | 1:84,029 | 9,888 |
| Senegal | 90 | 1:161,993 | 1,291 |
Wollou (25) may also be a first name.
Wollou Last Name Facts
Where Does The Last Name Wollou Come From? nationality or country of origin
The last name Wollou occurs most in Benin. It may appear as:. For other possible spellings of Wollou click here.
How Common Is The Last Name Wollou? popularity and diffusion
The last name is the 1,133,308th most frequently used family name throughout the world, held by approximately 1 in 34,213,831 people. The last name Wollou occurs predominantly in Africa, where 100 percent of Wollou live; 100 percent live in West Africa and 58 percent live in Atlantic-Niger Africa. It is also the 2,136,160th most widely held given name world-wide. It is borne by 25 people.
The surname is most commonly occurring in Benin, where it is held by 123 people, or 1 in 84,029. In Benin Wollou is most common in: Collines Department, where 76 percent are found, Zou Department, where 20 percent are found and Alibori Department, where 2 percent are found. Besides Benin it occurs in one country. It is also common in Senegal, where 42 percent are found.
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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 Wollou
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