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 more in Cameroon more than any other country or territory. It may occur as a variant:. Click here for other potential spellings of this surname.
How Common Is The Last Name Datou? popularity and diffusion
The last name Datou is the 1,073,555th most frequently occurring last name at a global level, borne by approximately 1 in 31,547,818 people. It is mostly found in Africa, where 95 percent of Datou live; 71 percent live in Central Africa and 70 percent live in Adamawa-Ubangian Africa. It is also the 840,349th most commonly held given name throughout the world It is held by 123 people.
The last name Datou is most commonly used in Cameroon, where it is held by 191 people, or 1 in 108,739. In Cameroon Datou is most prevalent in: Adamawa Region, where 84 percent reside, Far North Region, where 12 percent reside and North Region, where 2 percent reside. Outside of Cameroon Datou 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
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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 Datou
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