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Around the world, Aliu (Aliu , اليو , Алиу ) is a widespread unisex forename. The first name Aliu is habitual in Sub-Saharan Africa, particularly Guinea-Bissau, where it is quite a common boy's name, Nigeria, where it is quite a common unisex name, and Guinea, where it is quite a rare dominantly boy's, but seldom girly name. Measured by absolute frequency, it is commonest in Sub-Saharan Africa, particularly Nigeria, Guinea-Bissau, and Ghana. Also, Aliu is the last name as well as the forename.