Dedhiou Surname
Approximately 10 people bear this surname
Dedhiou Surname Distribution Map
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| Senegal | 9 | 1:1,619,927 | 4,107 |
| Morocco | 1 | 1:34,476,099 | 111,471 |
The alternate forms: Dédhiou (1) are calculated separately.
Dedhiou Last Name Facts
Where Does The Last Name Dedhiou Come From? nationality or country of origin
The surname Dedhiou is borne by more people in Senegal than any other country/territory. It may appear in the variant forms: Dédhiou. For other potential spellings of this last name click here.
How Common Is The Last Name Dedhiou? popularity and diffusion
Dedhiou is the 6,063,924th most widespread surname on earth, borne by around 1 in 728,754,592 people. The last name Dedhiou occurs predominantly in Africa, where 100 percent of Dedhiou reside; 90 percent reside in West Africa and 90 percent reside in Senegambia Africa.
The surname is most frequently used in Senegal, where it is borne by 9 people, or 1 in 1,619,927. In Senegal Dedhiou is primarily found in: Dakar Region, where 33 percent reside, Ziguinchor Region, where 33 percent reside and Sédhiou Region, where 22 percent reside. Besides Senegal this last name exists in one country. It is also found in Morocco, where 10 percent reside.
Phonetically Similar Names
| Surname | Similarity | Worldwide Incidence | Prevalency |
|---|---|---|---|
| Dédhiou | 95 | 1 | / |
| Deidhiou | 93 | 6 | / |
| Dediou | 92 | 2 | / |
| Dhiedhiou | 88 | 6 | / |
| Diedhioou | 88 | 3 | / |
| Died'hiou | 88 | 1 | / |
| Dieddhiou | 88 | 1 | / |
| Dedehou | 86 | 239 | / |
| Didhiou | 86 | 3 | / |
| Diedhiu | 86 | 2 | / |
| Dediu | 83 | 4,640 | / |
| Diehdiou | 80 | 22 | / |
| Dedițoiu | 80 | 2 | / |
| Diedihou | 80 | 2 | / |
| Deidiouh | 80 | 1 | / |
| Diedjiou | 80 | 1 | / |
| Dedieu | 77 | 6,396 | / |
| Dedeou | 77 | 687 | / |
| Dedjou | 77 | 10 | / |
| Dedius | 77 | 5 | / |
| Didiou | 77 | 2 | / |
| Dodiou | 77 | 1 | / |
| Dedoyu | 77 | 1 | / |
| Dediue | 77 | 1 | / |
| Dydiou | 77 | 1 | / |
| Didjiou | 71 | 1 | / |
| Deudjou | 71 | 1 | / |
| Dadjiou | 71 | 1 | / |
| Daddiou | 71 | 1 | / |
| Dedeoud | 71 | 1 | / |
| Diedjou | 71 | 1 | / |
| Dedyu | 67 | 219 | / |
| Didiu | 67 | 37 | / |
| Dedéu | 67 | 4 | / |
| Dodițoiu | 67 | 2 | / |
| Dedjaout | 67 | 1 | / |
| Dedihuth | 67 | 1 | / |
| Djdiu | 67 | 1 | / |
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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 Dedhiou
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