Chedou Surname
Approximately 205 people bear this surname
Chedou Surname Distribution Map
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| Mauritania | 129 | 1:31,743 | 2,595 |
| Niger | 41 | 1:468,098 | 12,501 |
| Cameroon | 28 | 1:741,752 | 52,682 |
| Algeria | 3 | 1:12,877,184 | 84,902 |
| Italy | 2 | 1:30,578,344 | 160,757 |
| Benin | 1 | 1:10,335,602 | 103,742 |
| France | 1 | 1:66,422,722 | 504,397 |
Chedou (76) may also be a first name.
Chedou Last Name Facts
Where Does The Last Name Chedou Come From? nationality or country of origin
The surname Chedou (Hassaniya-Arabic: ﺷﺪﻭ) is held by more people in Mauritania than any other country or territory. It can also be rendered in the variant forms:. For other potential spellings of this surname click here.
How Common Is The Last Name Chedou? popularity and diffusion
It is the 1,163,787th most frequently held family name worldwide. It is borne by around 1 in 35,549,004 people. Chedou is mostly found in Africa, where 99 percent of Chedou reside; 83 percent reside in West Africa and 63 percent reside in Senegambia Africa. Chedou is also the 1,107,702nd most frequently used first name world-wide. It is borne by 76 people.
It is most commonly held in Mauritania, where it is carried by 129 people, or 1 in 31,743. In Mauritania Chedou is primarily concentrated in: Trarza Region, where 56 percent reside, Nouakchott-Sud Region, where 22 percent reside and Nouakchott-Nord Region, where 13 percent reside. Aside from Mauritania it is found in 6 countries. It is also found in Niger, where 20 percent reside and Cameroon, where 14 percent reside.
Phonetically Similar Names
Chedou Name Transliterations
| Transliteration | ICU Latin | Percentage of Incidence |
|---|---|---|
| Chedou in the Hassaniya-Arabic language | ||
| ﺷﺪﻭ | shdw | 46 |
| ﺍﻟﺸﺪﻭ | alshdw | 28 |
| ﺍﺷﺪﻭ | ashdw | 18 |
| ﺃﺷﺪﻭ | ashdw | 4 |
| ﺍﻟﺸﺪ | alshd | 2 |
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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 Chedou
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