Zalou Surname
Approximately 277 people bear this surname
Zalou Surname Distribution Map
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| Ivory Coast | 171 | 1:134,919 | 6,497 |
| Iran | 93 | 1:825,619 | 40,849 |
| Niger | 8 | 1:2,399,002 | 43,750 |
| United States | 3 | 1:120,819,644 | 1,331,040 |
| Algeria | 1 | 1:38,631,551 | 130,422 |
| Benin | 1 | 1:10,335,602 | 103,742 |
Zalou (338) may also be a first name.
Zalou Last Name Facts
Where Does The Last Name Zalou Come From? nationality or country of origin
Zalou (Russian: Залоу) occurs more in The Ivory Coast more than any other country/territory. It may occur as:. For other possible spellings of this surname click here.
How Common Is The Last Name Zalou? popularity and diffusion
The surname Zalou is the 945,594th most commonly held last name at a global level, held by approximately 1 in 26,308,830 people. This surname is mostly found in Africa, where 59 percent of Zalou are found; 58 percent are found in West Africa and 34 percent are found in Mande Africa. It is also the 475,334th most prevalent first name in the world, held by 338 people.
The last name Zalou is most frequently used in The Ivory Coast, where it is borne by 171 people, or 1 in 134,919. In The Ivory Coast Zalou is most frequent in: Montagnes District, where 50 percent live, Sassandra-Marahoué District, where 26 percent live and Abidjan Autonomous District, where 11 percent live. Beside The Ivory Coast it occurs in 5 countries. It is also found in Iran, where 34 percent live and Niger, where 3 percent live.
Phonetically Similar Names
Zalou Name Transliterations
| Transliteration | ICU Latin | Percentage of Incidence |
|---|---|---|
| Zalou in the Russian language | ||
| Залоу | zalou | - |
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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 Zalou
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