Abdou Surname
Approximately 894,331 people bear this surname
Abdou Surname User-submission:
This surname comes from the word abdu, which translates from Arabic to 'the servant of' (presumptuously God). Abdu, Abdou, Abdo are different variants of one word عبده.
Abdou Surname Distribution Map
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| Niger | 666,051 | 1:29 | 1 |
| Egypt | 47,134 | 1:1,951 | 272 |
| Cameroon | 43,523 | 1:477 | 29 |
| Comoros | 27,051 | 1:28 | 5 |
| Ethiopia | 17,386 | 1:5,611 | 887 |
| Chad | 15,790 | 1:861 | 138 |
| Algeria | 15,643 | 1:2,470 | 291 |
| Morocco | 14,245 | 1:2,420 | 182 |
| Benin | 11,068 | 1:934 | 106 |
| France | 10,066 | 1:6,599 | 553 |
| Mali | 6,131 | 1:2,768 | 224 |
| Sudan | 4,760 | 1:7,880 | 1,122 |
| Madagascar | 3,104 | 1:7,619 | 1,529 |
| Mauritania | 2,342 | 1:1,748 | 221 |
| Togo | 1,680 | 1:4,314 | 763 |
| Djibouti | 1,423 | 1:643 | 80 |
| United States | 1,059 | 1:342,265 | 30,803 |
| Burkina Faso | 928 | 1:19,776 | 1,376 |
| Ivory Coast | 876 | 1:26,337 | 1,858 |
| United Arab Emirates | 790 | 1:11,598 | 1,442 |
| Saudi Arabia | 636 | 1:48,515 | 7,156 |
| Gabon | 455 | 1:4,152 | 740 |
| DR Congo | 226 | 1:326,901 | 29,253 |
| Brazil | 198 | 1:1,081,183 | 37,845 |
| Canada | 185 | 1:199,165 | 19,489 |
| Kuwait | 174 | 1:21,843 | 2,878 |
| Spain | 171 | 1:273,404 | 16,997 |
| England | 144 | 1:386,931 | 26,993 |
| Australia | 122 | 1:221,276 | 21,136 |
| Belgium | 110 | 1:104,515 | 15,788 |
| Iraq | 94 | 1:372,571 | 6,843 |
| Sweden | 82 | 1:120,082 | 8,566 |
| Congo | 74 | 1:67,420 | 5,853 |
| Tunisia | 62 | 1:9,849 | 1,643 |
| Qatar | 62 | 1:38,032 | 3,887 |
| Germany | 57 | 1:1,412,376 | 87,104 |
| Libya | 36 | 1:173,444 | 826 |
| Denmark | 29 | 1:194,645 | 16,083 |
| Austria | 28 | 1:304,123 | 34,120 |
| Nigeria | 27 | 1:6,560,843 | 154,927 |
| Greece | 25 | 1:443,192 | 58,048 |
| South Africa | 23 | 1:2,355,552 | 98,611 |
| Italy | 21 | 1:2,912,223 | 98,106 |
| Venezuela | 19 | 1:1,589,688 | 20,788 |
| Russia | 18 | 1:8,006,836 | 292,169 |
| Netherlands | 17 | 1:993,363 | 65,241 |
| China | 11 | 1:124,301,961 | 6,553 |
| Philippines | 11 | 1:9,203,475 | 207,772 |
| Malaysia | 11 | 1:2,681,293 | 102,971 |
| Switzerland | 9 | 1:912,546 | 58,198 |
| Afghanistan | 9 | 1:3,572,576 | 20,130 |
| Burundi | 9 | 1:1,089,428 | 846 |
| Bahrain | 9 | 1:149,845 | 5,469 |
| Lebanon | 7 | 1:805,298 | 15,541 |
| Senegal | 7 | 1:2,082,763 | 4,662 |
| Thailand | 7 | 1:10,091,192 | 512,203 |
| Syria | 7 | 1:2,757,289 | 11,022 |
| Czechia | 7 | 1:1,519,067 | 97,842 |
| Finland | 7 | 1:785,243 | 38,644 |
| Jordan | 7 | 1:1,263,205 | 16,935 |
| Paraguay | 6 | 1:1,206,124 | 10,500 |
| Monaco | 5 | 1:7,413 | 1,114 |
| Pakistan | 5 | 1:35,728,777 | 102,388 |
| Tanzania | 4 | 1:13,235,403 | 84,310 |
| Dominican Republic | 4 | 1:2,608,233 | 20,941 |
| Turkey | 3 | 1:25,940,474 | 162,557 |
| Cyprus | 3 | 1:294,959 | 8,690 |
| Scotland | 3 | 1:1,784,606 | 41,943 |
| Zambia | 2 | 1:7,924,961 | 45,994 |
| Costa Rica | 2 | 1:2,390,034 | 10,205 |
| Guinea | 2 | 1:5,916,908 | 2,656 |
| Mexico | 2 | 1:62,063,102 | 83,384 |
| Oman | 2 | 1:1,843,986 | 9,590 |
| Norway | 2 | 1:2,571,143 | 95,402 |
| Ireland | 2 | 1:2,354,470 | 19,715 |
| Northern Cyprus | 1 | 1:319,011 | 10,202 |
| Yemen | 1 | 1:26,425,294 | 55,147 |
| Angola | 1 | 1:26,989,214 | 11,853 |
| Argentina | 1 | 1:42,743,414 | 282,706 |
| Belarus | 1 | 1:9,501,059 | 159,228 |
| Namibia | 1 | 1:2,409,401 | 19,676 |
| Colombia | 1 | 1:47,774,072 | 44,230 |
| Tonga | 1 | 1:107,313 | 791 |
| Mauritius | 1 | 1:1,293,417 | 16,552 |
| New Zealand | 1 | 1:4,528,323 | 55,372 |
| Liberia | 1 | 1:4,408,535 | 47,110 |
| Puerto Rico | 1 | 1:3,550,139 | 9,109 |
| Haiti | 1 | 1:10,683,907 | 24,607 |
| Iceland | 1 | 1:380,090 | 11,096 |
| Serbia | 1 | 1:7,144,948 | 38,459 |
| Iran | 1 | 1:76,782,524 | 277,718 |
| Laos | 1 | 1:6,588,323 | 1,961 |
| Israel | 1 | 1:8,557,634 | 182,558 |
| Rwanda | 1 | 1:11,364,978 | 5,947 |
| Japan | 1 | 1:127,844,293 | 73,547 |
| Poland | 1 | 1:38,008,749 | 231,653 |
Abdou (721,008) may also be a first name.
Abdou Surname Meaning
User-submitted Reference
This surname comes from the word abdu, which translates from Arabic to 'the servant of' (presumptuously God). Abdu, Abdou, Abdo are different variants of one word عبده.
- nouraAbdou Demographics
Average Male Abdou Height
171.98 cm
Sample is predominantly from Anglosphere countries
Abdou Last Name Facts
Where Does The Last Name Abdou Come From? nationality or country of origin
The last name Abdou (Hassaniya-Arabic: ﻋﺒﺪﻭ) occurs more in Niger more than any other country/territory. It can occur as:. Click here to see other potential spellings of this last name.
How Common Is The Last Name Abdou? popularity and diffusion
This surname is the 609th most frequent last name world-wide, borne by approximately 1 in 8,149 people. The surname Abdou is predominantly found in Africa, where 99 percent of Abdou are found; 82 percent are found in West Africa and 77 percent are found in Chadic Africa. Abdou is also the 1,333rd most prevalent first name in the world, held by 721,008 people.
It is the most commonly held last name in one country:Niger, where 74 percent are found. This surname is most frequent in Niger, where it is held by 666,051 people, or 1 in 29. In Niger Abdou is most common in: Zinder Region, where 29 percent are found, Maradi Region, where 26 percent are found and Tahoua Region, where 17 percent are found. Aside from Niger Abdou is found in 95 countries. It is also common in Egypt, where 5 percent are found and Cameroon, where 5 percent are found.
Abdou Last Name Statistics demography
The religious devotion of those carrying the last name is principally Sunni (100%) in Lebanon.
In The United States those bearing the Abdou last name are 0.69% more likely to be registered with the Democratic Party than the national average, with 53.92% registered to vote for the party.
The amount Abdou earn in different countries varies greatly. In Italy they earn 89.97% less than the national average, earning €3,013 per year; in South Africa they earn 11.82% less than the national average, earning R 209,556 per year; in United States they earn 9.76% more than the national average, earning $47,361 USD per year and in Canada they earn 2.13% less than the national average, earning $48,626 CAD per year.
Phonetically Similar Names
Abdou Name Transliterations
| Transliteration | ICU Latin | Percentage of Incidence |
|---|---|---|
| Abdou in the Hassaniya-Arabic language | ||
| ﻋﺒﺪﻭ | bdw | 89.23 |
| ﻋﺒﺪ | bd | 9.59 |
| ﺁﺑﺪﻭ | abdw | 0.13 |
| ﻋﺒﺪﻭﻝ | bdwl | 0.13 |
| ﻋﺒﺪﻭﻩ | bdwh | 0.07 |
| ﺍﺑﺪﻭ | abdw | 0.07 |
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