Datou Surname
Approximately 231 people bear this surname
Datou Surname Distribution Map
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| Cameroon | 191 | 1:108,739 | 12,726 |
| Mauritania | 14 | 1:292,490 | 12,957 |
| Niger | 10 | 1:1,919,202 | 37,248 |
| China | 4 | 1:341,830,392 | 16,990 |
| Algeria | 3 | 1:12,877,184 | 84,902 |
| Belgium | 2 | 1:5,748,322 | 130,559 |
| Iran | 2 | 1:38,391,262 | 236,033 |
| Benin | 1 | 1:10,335,602 | 103,742 |
| Nigeria | 1 | 1:177,142,758 | 748,972 |
| Pakistan | 1 | 1:178,643,885 | 213,220 |
| Qatar | 1 | 1:2,357,999 | 76,403 |
| Singapore | 1 | 1:5,507,703 | 47,049 |
Datou (123) may also be a first name.
Datou Last Name Facts
Where Does The Last Name Datou Come From? nationality or country of origin
The surname Datou (Hassaniya-Arabic: ﺩﺍﺗﻮ) occurs in Cameroon more than any other country or territory. It may be found in the variant forms:. Click here to see other possible spellings of this last name.
How Common Is The Last Name Datou? popularity and diffusion
This last name is the 1,073,555th most widely held surname in the world. It is borne by approximately 1 in 31,547,818 people. The surname Datou occurs predominantly in Africa, where 95 percent of Datou live; 71 percent live in Central Africa and 70 percent live in Adamawa-Ubangian Africa. Datou is also the 840,349th most commonly occurring first name throughout the world. It is borne by 123 people.
The last name is most frequent in Cameroon, where it is borne by 191 people, or 1 in 108,739. In Cameroon it is primarily found in: Adamawa Region, where 84 percent reside, Far North Region, where 12 percent reside and North Region, where 2 percent reside. Without taking into account Cameroon this surname is found in 11 countries. It is also found in Mauritania, where 6 percent reside and Niger, where 4 percent reside.
Phonetically Similar Names
Datou Name Transliterations
| Transliteration | ICU Latin | Percentage of Incidence |
|---|---|---|
| Datou in the Hassaniya-Arabic language | ||
| ﺩﺍﺗﻮ | datw | 60 |
| ﺍﻟﺪﺍﺗﻮ | aldatw | 20 |
| ﺩﺍﺕ | dat | 13.33 |
| ﺍﺩﺍﺗﻮ | adatw | 6.67 |
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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 Datou
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