Saliou

surname · Latin script

Recorded as a male name· opposite-gender records fall within measured source noise

/saʎu/(machine-generated) pronunciation, model-generated

Saliou is a surname written in the Latin script, with more bearers in Senegal than in any other country, where it is the 47th most common surname.

rarermore common
  • SNSenegal≈1 in 2.5K(inferred from the name graph)
  • FRFrance≈1 in 31K
  • GNGuinea≈1 in 3.5K

carrying the name, as counted by its national register where one exists and as Mondonomo estimates it elsewhere (marked ≈ and "est." on hover). One hue, darker where it is more common; hover a country for its figure.

Senegal (inferred from the name graph)

≈6,400 people, est.

Sources
209 (measured from records)

Highest-authority source

≈1 in 2.5K (inferred from the name graph)

Senegal, est.

measured from records inferred from the name graph

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Meaning & origin

No verified etymology recorded for this name yet — the entries below are drawn from usage statistics and the name graph.

Where in the world(measured from records)

Saliou counted together with the spellings and other-language forms grouped with it. Where a register counted another spelling, the row names it.

Sorted by bearers: national registers' counts, and Mondonomo's estimates (≈, est.) where no register counts.

Where Saliou is recorded, by country
CountryMost common spellingSources
SN Senegal#47≈6,400 est.≈1 in 2.5K33Saliou46
GN Guinea#106≈3,500 est.≈1 in 3.5K5Saliou19
CM Cameroon#593≈2,900 est.≈1 in 9.5K—Saliou9
FR France—≈2,200 est.≈1 in 31K267Saliou209
BJ Benin—≈290 est.≈1 in 44K1—14
ES Spain—401 in 1.3M748Saliou39

Exact figures are national registers' own counts, while figures marked ≈ and est. are Mondonomo’s estimates, counted from our sources and calibrated against those registers; hover one for how far to trust it in that country. A dash means neither exists.

Registers cited: INSEE — Fichier des noms de famille (1891–2000); DGE — candidate declarations, 41 party/coalition lists (legislatives anticipees 17 Nov 2024); INE — Padrón per-token widgets (current living counts, given + apellidos); DGE — Liste provisoire des candidatures communales Conakry 2026; Assemblee Nationale du Benin — sitting-MP roster, 9eme legislature (2023-2028). Figures without a register are Mondonomo estimates; see Methodology.

Country figures for a list of names, at full precision, are available under licence rather than by scraping this table (how that works).

Other names spelled this way(inferred from the name graph)

Saliou is also recorded as 4 other names, grouped separately because the records behind them do not connect to the one described above.

  • Spanish surname3 spellings in the group

    Most recorded in Argentina, Spain, Senegal, Brazil

    Languages: Spanish, Portuguese

    Also written Sãlïöû

  • Arabic surname3 spellings in the group

    Most recorded in Senegal, Kuwait, Saudi Arabia, Egypt

    Also written Sålìôû

  • Greek surname3 spellings in the group

    Most recorded in Senegal, Greece, United States

    Also written Σαλιου, Sålïôú

  • a separate name2 spellings in the group

    Also written Sālīöu

45 further groups record this spelling and are not listed here.

Grouping is the name graph's, not a register's: two spellings join a group when the evidence links them, so a group is a claim about the records rather than about the people.

Notable people with this name(measured from records)

19401960198020002020Jean-François Saliou, b. 1951Monique Saliou-Gloux, b. 1952Bernard Saliou, b. 1954Catherine Saliou, b. 1964Mathilde Saliou, b. 1992Mohamed Saliou Bangoura, b. 2004

The ten people covered by the most Wikipedia language editions — a proxy for cross-cultural notability, which favours historical and Western figures over equally prominent contemporary ones — shown by birth year. Source: Wikidata (CC0).

How to address them(machine-generated)

FormalMonsieur,Dear Mr Saliou, (English)
InformalBonjour Saliou,Hi Saliou, (English)

Evidence(measured from records)

Attested in 39 sources across 23 countries.

Official registers attesting Saliou
CountryRegisterYearCountRank
FR FranceINSEE — Fichier des noms de famille (1891–2000)1961401—
FR FranceINSEE — Fichier des noms de famille (1891–2000)1951388—
FR FranceINSEE — Fichier des noms de famille (1891–2000)1971367—
FR FranceINSEE — Fichier des noms de famille (1891–2000)1941331—
FR FranceINSEE — Fichier des noms de famille (1891–2000)1921301—
FR FranceINSEE — Fichier des noms de famille (1891–2000)1981297—
FR FranceINSEE — Fichier des noms de famille (1891–2000)1931284—
FR FranceINSEE — Fichier des noms de famille (1891–2000)1991267—
FR FranceINSEE — Fichier des noms de famille (1891–2000)1901245—
FR FranceINSEE — Fichier des noms de famille (1891–2000)1911222—
FR FranceINSEE — Fichier des noms de famille (1891–2000)1891134—
ES SpainINE — Apellidos más frecuentes (Padrón Municipal)—40#52,547

Reference works 4

  • Nederlandse FamilienamenBank (Dutch surname bank; ex-Meertens Instituut, now CBG)2007
  • Wikipedia given-name tokens
  • Wikidata name items (native-script + romanized given/family names)
  • jeantosti.com — Dictionnaire des noms de famille de France et d'ailleurs (Jean Tosti)

These works list the name; their figures are licensed and are not reproduced here.

Register rows as of the 2026-10-09 data build.

Frequently asked questions

How do you pronounce Saliou?
A machine transcription gives /saʎu/ (IPA) for French.
In which country does Saliou have the most bearers?
Mondonomo estimates about 6.4 thousand people named Saliou in Senegal, more than in any other country we hold, where it is most often spelled saliou.
How common is the name Saliou?
In Spain, the national register counted 40 people named Saliou, about 1 in 1.3 million residents.
How common is Saliou compared with other names?
In Senegal, Saliou is the 47th most common surname of 3,622 surnames recorded there.

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About this data

measured from records inferred from the name graph machine-generated

These figures come from the data snapshot of and will change as it is rebuilt.

Statistics are aggregated from the Mondonomo name corpus; related names and etymology are inferred from the name graph; pronunciation and any machine-marked transliterations are model-generated. Read how the numbers are made, including their known failure modes, and where the data comes from.

Reference works we consult — surname dictionaries, official name registers, Wikidata and Wiktionary — are named directly, beside the claims they support. The per-country source counts also include datasets of person records: we publish how many there are and their authority tier, but not their names.

Cite this page Mondonomo, “Saliou” — the 47th most common surname in Senegal. Data snapshot 2026-10-10.

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