Bdou Surname

1,967,751st
Most Common
surname in the World

Approximately 90 people bear this surname

Most prevalent in:
Niger
Highest density in:
Niger

Bdou Surname

The meaning of this surname is not listed.

Bdou Surname Distribution Map

PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
Niger851:225,7887,375
Benin11:10,335,602103,742
Cameroon11:20,769,068227,406
Mauritania11:4,094,86338,869
United States11:362,458,9331,988,048
Zimbabwe11:15,438,240133,260

Bdou (25) may also be a first name.

Bdou Last Name Facts

Where Does The Last Name Bdou Come From? nationality or country of origin

Bdou (Hassaniya-Arabic: ﺑﺪﻭ) occurs in Niger more than any other country/territory. It can also be rendered as:. For other possible spellings of this surname click here.

How Common Is The Last Name Bdou? popularity and diffusion

The surname Bdou is the 1,967,751st most widespread last name at a global level It is held by around 1 in 80,972,732 people. It occurs predominantly in Africa, where 99 percent of Bdou are found; 97 percent are found in West Africa and 94 percent are found in Chadic Africa. Bdou is also the 2,136,160th most commonly used first name globally, borne by 25 people.

Bdou is most widely held in Niger, where it is carried by 85 people, or 1 in 225,788. In Niger Bdou is mostly concentrated in: Zinder Region, where 33 percent live, Tahoua Region, where 25 percent live and Dosso Region, where 14 percent live. Barring Niger this surname is found in 5 countries. It also occurs in Benin, where 1 percent live and Cameroon, where 1 percent live.

Phonetically Similar Names

SurnameSimilarityWorldwide IncidencePrevalency
Bdoud895/
Bdous891/
Bdoux891/
Bdouh891/
Hbdou891/
Bdo86319/
Bdu8624/
Bdus757/
Bdgu755/
Pdou754/
Bddu754/
Btdo753/
Bdui752/
Bdau752/
Wdou752/
Bdud751/
Btdu751/
Bduy751/
Bdut751/
Bduo751/
Bdoe751/
Bdod751/
Bdho751/
Hbdu751/
B'Do751/
Bddo751/
Bdos751/
Bdhu751/
Bdot750/
Bdaud676/
Bdejo673/
Bduch672/
Bttdo671/
Bdoey671/
Bhduo671/
Bhdho671/
Bdueh671/
Vdouj671/
Bhdgu671/

Bdou Name Transliterations

TransliterationICU LatinPercentage of Incidence
Bdou in the Hassaniya-Arabic language
ﺑﺪﻭbdw-

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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 Bdou
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