Beïdou Surname
Approximately 24 people bear this surname
Beïdou Surname Distribution Map
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| Benin | 22 | 1:469,800 | 32,108 |
| Mauritania | 1 | 1:4,094,863 | 38,869 |
| Niger | 1 | 1:19,192,017 | 110,060 |
The alternate forms: Beidou (5,492) & Beîdou (3) are calculated separately.
Beïdou Last Name Facts
Where Does The Last Name Beïdou Come From? nationality or country of origin
The surname Beïdou is carried by more people in Benin than any other country/territory. It may also be rendered as a variant: Beidou or Beîdou. Click here for other possible spellings of this name.
How Common Is The Last Name Beïdou? popularity and diffusion
It is the 4,034,050th most widely held last name throughout the world, held by approximately 1 in 303,647,746 people. This last name occurs predominantly in Africa, where 100 percent of Beïdou live; 100 percent live in West Africa and 92 percent live in Atlantic-Niger Africa.
The surname is most frequent in Benin, where it is borne by 22 people, or 1 in 469,800. In Benin Beïdou is most prevalent in: Alibori Department, where 86 percent live, Atakora Department, where 5 percent live and Borgou Department, where 5 percent live. Aside from Benin it occurs in 2 countries. It also occurs in Mauritania, where 4 percent live and Niger, where 4 percent live.
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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 Beïdou
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