Family name Алов (Alow 
, Алов 
) , throughout the world, is quite a rare cognomen. The cognomen Алов is characteristic of Somalia, where it is quite a rare surname, Syria, where it is a rare surname, and Indonesia. Not in comparison with a country's population, it is the most numerous in Indonesia, Russia, and Somalia. Very seldom, Алов is the forename as well as the last name.
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| Alow | Somalia, Kenya, Indonesia, India, Bangladesh |
| Алов | Tajikistan, Russia, Belarus, Kazakhstan, Ukraine |
| алов, василий алексеевич RU (b. 1900) |
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| алов, аркадий иванович Soviet association football player and association football referee (1914-1982), RU (b. 1914) |
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| александр александрович алов film director, UA (b. 1923) |
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| алов, иосиф александрович UA (b. 1919) |
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