Bandigou Surname
Approximately 13 people bear this surname
Bandigou Surname Distribution Map
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| Cameroon | 10 | 1:2,076,907 | 105,188 |
| Mauritania | 3 | 1:1,364,954 | 27,355 |
Bandigou Last Name Facts
Where Does The Last Name Bandigou Come From? nationality or country of origin
The last name Bandigou (Hassaniya-Arabic: ﺑﺎﻧﺠﻮﻛﻮ) is found most frequently in Cameroon. It may also be rendered as:. Click here for further possible spellings of this surname.
How Common Is The Last Name Bandigou? popularity and diffusion
It is the 5,391,485th most frequently occurring surname internationally, held by approximately 1 in 560,580,455 people. This last name occurs predominantly in Africa, where 100 percent of Bandigou live; 85 percent live in West Africa and 85 percent live in Senegambia Africa.
The last name Bandigou is most frequently used in Cameroon, where it is held by 10 people, or 1 in 2,076,907. In Cameroon Bandigou is most frequent in: North Region, where 80 percent are found and East Region, where 20 percent are found. Apart from Cameroon this surname exists in one country. It is also common in Mauritania, where 23 percent are found.
Phonetically Similar Names
| Surname | Similarity | Worldwide Incidence | Prevalency |
|---|---|---|---|
| Bandiogou | 94 | 6 | / |
| Bandigo | 93 | 4 | / |
| Bandigoa | 88 | 1 | / |
| Bandjgou | 88 | 1 | / |
| Bandiogo | 88 | 1 | / |
| Bandigoya | 82 | 18 | / |
| Bandhigod | 82 | 3 | / |
| Bandegoud | 82 | 1 | / |
| Bandiga | 80 | 134 | / |
| Vandigo | 80 | 27 | / |
| Wandigo | 80 | 10 | / |
| Bondigo | 80 | 1 | / |
| Wandigu | 80 | 1 | / |
| Bandigas | 75 | 190 | / |
| Bandigae | 75 | 18 | / |
| Bandhiga | 75 | 14 | / |
| Wandigau | 75 | 7 | / |
| Vandegou | 75 | 4 | / |
| Bandigad | 75 | 3 | / |
| Wandikgo | 75 | 1 | / |
| Bandegudd | 71 | 3 | / |
| Bandegaud | 71 | 3 | / |
| Wandiga | 67 | 214 | / |
| Bondiga | 67 | 84 | / |
| Wandego | 67 | 50 | / |
| Bandyga | 67 | 46 | / |
| Bandigaiah | 67 | 30 | / |
| Bandega | 67 | 6 | / |
| Bhandigaji | 67 | 4 | / |
| Wandegu | 67 | 1 | / |
Bandigou Name Transliterations
| Transliteration | ICU Latin | Percentage of Incidence |
|---|---|---|
| Bandigou in the Hassaniya-Arabic language | ||
| ﺑﺎﻧﺠﻮﻛﻮ | banjwkw | - |
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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
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- 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 Bandigou
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