Awdou Surname
Approximately 82 people bear this surname
Awdou Surname Distribution Map
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| Mauritania | 63 | 1:64,998 | 4,484 |
| Niger | 15 | 1:1,279,468 | 26,841 |
| Benin | 2 | 1:5,167,801 | 84,334 |
| Cameroon | 2 | 1:10,384,534 | 165,830 |
Awdou (20) may also be a first name.
Awdou Last Name Facts
Where Does The Last Name Awdou Come From? nationality or country of origin
The surname Awdou (Hassaniya-Arabic: ﻋﻮﺩﻭ) is more frequently found in Mauritania than any other country/territory. It can also be rendered as a variant:. For other potential spellings of this name click here.
How Common Is The Last Name Awdou? popularity and diffusion
The surname is the 2,075,631st most commonly used last name internationally, borne by around 1 in 88,872,511 people. The surname Awdou is primarily found in Africa, where 100 percent of Awdou reside; 99 percent reside in West Africa and 78 percent reside in Senegambia Africa. It is also the 2,446,817th most frequent first name globally, held by 20 people.
This last name is most frequently held in Mauritania, where it is held by 63 people, or 1 in 64,998. In Mauritania Awdou is mostly concentrated in: Hodh El Gharbi Region, where 37 percent are found, Guidimagha Region, where 24 percent are found and Nouakchott-Nord Region, where 17 percent are found. Excluding Mauritania this last name occurs in 3 countries. It also occurs in Niger, where 18 percent are found and Benin, where 2 percent are found.
Phonetically Similar Names
| Surname | Similarity | Worldwide Incidence | Prevalency |
|---|---|---|---|
| Awdu | 89 | 119 | / |
| Awdo | 89 | 13 | / |
| Abdou | 80 | 894,331 | / |
| Gawdo | 80 | 32 | / |
| Avdou | 80 | 30 | / |
| Hawdu | 80 | 10 | / |
| Auwdu | 80 | 6 | / |
| Awdud | 80 | 1 | / |
| Afdou | 80 | 1 | / |
| Abdouh | 73 | 3,761 | / |
| Aabdou | 73 | 336 | / |
| Abddou | 73 | 128 | / |
| Habdou | 73 | 116 | / |
| Abdoue | 73 | 23 | / |
| Abhdou | 73 | 7 | / |
| Âabdou | 73 | 4 | / |
| Hafdou | 73 | 2 | / |
| Abdouè | 73 | 2 | / |
| Awduya | 73 | 1 | / |
| Abdhou | 73 | 1 | / |
| Hauwdo | 73 | 1 | / |
| Awdutt | 73 | 1 | / |
| Aiwdud | 73 | 1 | / |
| Abdo | 67 | 879,808 | / |
| Abdu | 67 | 395,482 | / |
| Avdo | 67 | 487 | / |
| Awda | 67 | 277 | / |
| Afdu | 67 | 39 | / |
| Afdo | 67 | 33 | / |
| Avdu | 67 | 7 | / |
| Awdeuyi | 67 | 3 | / |
| Abdddou | 67 | 2 | / |
| Aaabdou | 67 | 1 | / |
| Abddouh | 67 | 1 | / |
| Ahabdou | 67 | 1 | / |
| Owdo | 67 | 1 | / |
| Hauwdau | 67 | 1 | / |
| Hafdhou | 67 | 1 | / |
| Gaiwdoo | 67 | 1 | / |
| Habddou | 67 | 1 | / |
Awdou Name Transliterations
| Transliteration | ICU Latin | Percentage of Incidence |
|---|---|---|
| Awdou in the Hassaniya-Arabic language | ||
| ﻋﻮﺩﻭ | wdw | 88.24 |
| ﻋﻮﺩ | wd | 11.76 |
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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 Awdou
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