Daou Surname
Approximately 89,414 people bear this surname
Daou Surname User-submission:
An Arabic name, meaning 'light'. Written as: ضو.
Daou Surname Distribution Map
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| Mali | 64,728 | 1:262 | 46 |
| Lebanon | 10,858 | 1:519 | 86 |
| Morocco | 4,192 | 1:8,224 | 1,089 |
| Niger | 2,164 | 1:8,869 | 684 |
| Togo | 1,680 | 1:4,314 | 763 |
| Algeria | 1,310 | 1:29,490 | 5,401 |
| France | 982 | 1:67,640 | 9,357 |
| Ivory Coast | 885 | 1:26,069 | 1,831 |
| United States | 339 | 1:1,069,200 | 77,954 |
| United Arab Emirates | 327 | 1:28,019 | 3,108 |
| Burkina Faso | 209 | 1:87,809 | 2,965 |
| Canada | 200 | 1:184,228 | 18,260 |
| Benin | 199 | 1:51,938 | 6,545 |
| Saudi Arabia | 159 | 1:194,062 | 29,524 |
| Brazil | 147 | 1:1,456,288 | 48,949 |
| Egypt | 122 | 1:753,572 | 38,342 |
| Spain | 106 | 1:441,057 | 23,230 |
| Australia | 95 | 1:284,165 | 25,304 |
| Tunisia | 93 | 1:6,566 | 1,086 |
| Kuwait | 77 | 1:49,360 | 5,585 |
| Belgium | 72 | 1:159,676 | 22,068 |
| Senegal | 68 | 1:214,402 | 1,458 |
| England | 54 | 1:1,031,816 | 50,675 |
| Qatar | 41 | 1:57,512 | 5,907 |
| Iraq | 37 | 1:946,531 | 12,381 |
| Venezuela | 37 | 1:816,326 | 13,210 |
| Cameroon | 23 | 1:903,003 | 60,285 |
| Sweden | 21 | 1:468,893 | 33,666 |
| Switzerland | 19 | 1:432,259 | 31,718 |
| Aruba | 18 | 1:5,749 | 789 |
| Mexico | 15 | 1:8,275,080 | 36,578 |
| Germany | 12 | 1:6,708,788 | 223,026 |
| Jordan | 11 | 1:803,858 | 14,945 |
| India | 10 | 1:76,706,538 | 639,611 |
| South Sudan | 9 | 1:1,268,342 | 1,210 |
| Bahrain | 9 | 1:149,845 | 5,469 |
| Madagascar | 9 | 1:2,627,760 | 3,802 |
| Netherlands | 8 | 1:2,110,897 | 88,902 |
| Mauritania | 7 | 1:584,980 | 20,004 |
| Syria | 5 | 1:3,860,204 | 11,832 |
| Indonesia | 4 | 1:33,062,298 | 643,618 |
| China | 4 | 1:341,830,392 | 16,990 |
| Oman | 4 | 1:921,993 | 7,313 |
| Chad | 4 | 1:3,398,050 | 7,703 |
| Ghana | 4 | 1:6,755,173 | 15,406 |
| Nigeria | 3 | 1:59,047,586 | 507,603 |
| Guinea | 3 | 1:3,944,606 | 2,522 |
| Argentina | 3 | 1:14,247,805 | 235,975 |
| Bulgaria | 2 | 1:3,489,452 | 64,958 |
| Luxembourg | 2 | 1:290,271 | 8,611 |
| Italy | 2 | 1:30,578,344 | 160,757 |
| Russia | 2 | 1:72,061,528 | 727,117 |
| Uganda | 1 | 1:39,039,279 | 258,887 |
| Thailand | 1 | 1:70,638,345 | 1,175,915 |
| Chile | 1 | 1:17,616,474 | 93,597 |
| Congo | 1 | 1:4,989,096 | 34,171 |
| Andorra | 1 | 1:83,838 | 2,381 |
| Singapore | 1 | 1:5,507,703 | 47,049 |
| Curaçao | 1 | 1:157,247 | 1,313 |
| Scotland | 1 | 1:5,353,817 | 63,002 |
| Denmark | 1 | 1:5,644,715 | 93,155 |
| Rwanda | 1 | 1:11,364,978 | 5,947 |
| DR Congo | 1 | 1:73,879,570 | 260,543 |
| Pakistan | 1 | 1:178,643,885 | 213,220 |
| Northern Cyprus | 1 | 1:319,011 | 10,202 |
| Gabon | 1 | 1:1,889,194 | 6,814 |
| Georgia | 1 | 1:3,745,545 | 47,852 |
| Greece | 1 | 1:11,079,790 | 145,225 |
| Malaysia | 1 | 1:29,494,225 | 409,885 |
| Liberia | 1 | 1:4,408,535 | 47,110 |
| Hong Kong | 1 | 1:7,335,483 | 16,643 |
| Japan | 1 | 1:127,844,293 | 73,547 |
Daou (3,812) may also be a first name.
Daou Surname Meaning
Daou Demographics
Average Daou Salary in
United States
$50,351 USD
Per year
Average Salary in
United States
$43,149 USD
Per year
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Daou Last Name Facts
Where Does The Last Name Daou Come From? nationality or country of origin
The last name Daou (Hassaniya-Arabic: ﺍﻟﺪﺍﻭ) occurs in Mali more than any other country/territory. It can also occur in the variant forms:. Click here to see other potential spellings of this surname.
How Common Is The Last Name Daou? popularity and diffusion
Daou is the 6,320th most frequently held last name on earth It is held by approximately 1 in 81,503 people. The last name occurs predominantly in Africa, where 85 percent of Daou live; 78 percent live in West Africa and 72 percent live in Mande Africa. It is also the 113,867th most frequently held first name throughout the world, held by 3,812 people.
The surname is most commonly occurring in Mali, where it is borne by 64,728 people, or 1 in 262. Outside of Mali Daou is found in 71 countries. It is also common in Lebanon, where 12 percent reside and Morocco, where 5 percent reside.
Daou Last Name Statistics demography
The religious adherence of those holding the last name is primarily Maronite (63%) in Lebanon.
In The United States those holding the Daou last name are 10.97% more likely to be registered Democrats than The US average, with 64.2% being registered with the political party.
The amount Daou earn in different countries varies notably. In United States they earn 16.69% more than the national average, earning $50,351 USD per year and in Canada they earn 0.94% more than the national average, earning $50,151 CAD per year.
Phonetically Similar Names
Daou Name Transliterations
| Transliteration | ICU Latin | Percentage of Incidence |
|---|---|---|
| Daou in the Hassaniya-Arabic language | ||
| ﺍﻟﺪﺍﻭ | aldaw | 75 |
| ﺩﻋﻮ | dw | 25 |
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Daou Reference & Research
Daou Family (Levant) FamilyTree DNA Group - A group collating DNA test results for those who bear the surname, includes results of DNA tests and discussions.
Daou Family (Levant) FamilyTree DNA Project - A description of a group researching the paternal lines of men who bear the surname with the help of DNA analysis.
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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
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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 Daou
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