Zelou Surname
Approximately 68 people bear this surname
Zelou Surname Distribution Map
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| Greece | 52 | 1:213,073 | 33,423 |
| Haiti | 9 | 1:1,187,101 | 12,579 |
| Ivory Coast | 2 | 1:11,535,616 | 61,806 |
| United States | 2 | 1:181,229,466 | 1,556,795 |
| France | 1 | 1:66,422,722 | 504,397 |
| Niger | 1 | 1:19,192,017 | 110,060 |
| Philippines | 1 | 1:101,238,223 | 404,861 |
The alternate forms: Zélou (1) are calculated separately.
Zelou (484) may also be a first name.
Zelou Last Name Facts
Where Does The Last Name Zelou Come From? nationality or country of origin
The surname Zelou is borne by more people in Greece than any other country/territory. It can also appear in the variant forms: Zélou. Click here for further potential spellings of this last name.
How Common Is The Last Name Zelou? popularity and diffusion
This surname is the 2,312,869th most frequently occurring family name internationally It is held by around 1 in 107,169,793 people. This last name occurs predominantly in Europe, where 78 percent of Zelou reside; 76 percent reside in Southeastern Europe and 76 percent reside in Helleno-Europe. It is also the 386,404th most frequently occurring first name in the world. It is borne by 484 people.
The last name is most frequently held in Greece, where it is held by 52 people, or 1 in 213,073. In Greece Zelou is most prevalent in: Attica, where 60 percent live, Western Greece, where 33 percent live and Central Greece, where 8 percent live. Not including Greece Zelou is found in 6 countries. It is also common in Haiti, where 13 percent live and The Ivory Coast, where 3 percent live.
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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 Zelou
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