Youlou Surname
Approximately 4,138 people bear this surname
Youlou Surname Distribution Map
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| Congo | 3,459 | 1:1,442 | 223 |
| France | 197 | 1:337,171 | 50,874 |
| Ivory Coast | 158 | 1:146,020 | 6,877 |
| Burkina Faso | 136 | 1:134,942 | 3,649 |
| DR Congo | 68 | 1:1,086,464 | 68,260 |
| Mauritania | 38 | 1:107,760 | 6,553 |
| Cameroon | 27 | 1:769,225 | 54,005 |
| Niger | 26 | 1:738,154 | 17,467 |
| Gabon | 9 | 1:209,910 | 2,378 |
| South Africa | 8 | 1:6,772,213 | 167,054 |
| England | 3 | 1:18,572,686 | 338,250 |
| Benin | 2 | 1:5,167,801 | 84,334 |
| Algeria | 2 | 1:19,315,776 | 97,017 |
| Kenya | 1 | 1:46,179,900 | 103,372 |
| Liberia | 1 | 1:4,408,535 | 47,110 |
| China | 1 | 1:1,367,321,566 | 51,149 |
| Canada | 1 | 1:36,845,591 | 464,108 |
| Tanzania | 1 | 1:52,941,613 | 123,716 |
Youlou (948) may also be a first name.
Youlou Last Name Facts
Where Does The Last Name Youlou Come From? nationality or country of origin
The surname Youlou (Hassaniya-Arabic: ﻳﻮﻟﻮ) is carried by more people in The Congo than any other country or territory. It can be found in the variant forms:. For other possible spellings of this name click here.
How Common Is The Last Name Youlou? popularity and diffusion
The last name is the 112,054th most commonly occurring surname on earth, held by around 1 in 1,761,128 people. The last name Youlou is mostly found in Africa, where 95 percent of Youlou live; 86 percent live in Central Africa and 86 percent live in Central Bantu Africa. Youlou is also the 262,398th most numerous forename throughout the world, borne by 948 people.
This surname is most commonly occurring in The Congo, where it is borne by 3,459 people, or 1 in 1,442. In The Congo it is most numerous in: Brazzaville Department, where 42 percent reside, Pool Department, where 24 percent reside and Pointe-Noire Department, where 16 percent reside. Not including The Congo this last name occurs in 17 countries. It is also common in France, where 5 percent reside and The Ivory Coast, where 4 percent reside.
Phonetically Similar Names
Youlou Name Transliterations
| Transliteration | ICU Latin | Percentage of Incidence |
|---|---|---|
| Youlou in the Hassaniya-Arabic language | ||
| ﻳﻮﻟﻮ | ywlw | - |
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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 Youlou
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