Dedou Surname
Approximately 923 people bear this surname
Dedou Surname Distribution Map
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| Ivory Coast | 619 | 1:37,272 | 2,465 |
| Mauritania | 128 | 1:31,991 | 2,614 |
| Cameroon | 120 | 1:173,076 | 18,427 |
| Benin | 23 | 1:449,374 | 31,324 |
| Niger | 11 | 1:1,744,729 | 34,351 |
| Greece | 7 | 1:1,582,827 | 88,377 |
| Algeria | 4 | 1:9,657,888 | 64,782 |
| Central African Republic | 4 | 1:1,128,848 | 387 |
| France | 2 | 1:33,211,361 | 423,184 |
| Gambia | 1 | 1:1,923,451 | 1,043 |
| Iran | 1 | 1:76,782,524 | 277,718 |
| Russia | 1 | 1:144,123,056 | 881,408 |
| South Africa | 1 | 1:54,177,704 | 343,732 |
| United States | 1 | 1:362,458,933 | 1,988,048 |
Dedou (1,445) may also be a first name.
Dedou Last Name Facts
Where Does The Last Name Dedou Come From? nationality or country of origin
The surname Dedou (Hassaniya-Arabic: ﺩﺩﻭ) is most common in The Ivory Coast. It can be rendered as:. Click here to see other possible spellings of this last name.
How Common Is The Last Name Dedou? popularity and diffusion
The surname Dedou is the 385,006th most widely held surname internationally. It is borne by around 1 in 7,895,499 people. This last name is predominantly found in Africa, where 76 percent of Dedou are found; 63 percent are found in West Africa and 47 percent are found in Atlantic-Niger Africa. Dedou is also the 205,259th most frequently occurring first name on earth. It is borne by 1,445 people.
The last name is most frequently occurring in The Ivory Coast, where it is held by 619 people, or 1 in 37,272. In The Ivory Coast it is mostly found in: Abidjan Autonomous District, where 34 percent live, Lagunes District, where 32 percent live and Bas-Sassandra District, where 19 percent live. Without taking into account The Ivory Coast Dedou exists in 13 countries. It is also found in Mauritania, where 14 percent live and Cameroon, where 13 percent live.
Phonetically Similar Names
Dedou Name Transliterations
| Transliteration | ICU Latin | Percentage of Incidence |
|---|---|---|
| Dedou in the Hassaniya-Arabic language | ||
| ﺩﺩﻭ | ddw | 64.81 |
| ﺍﻟﺪﺩﻭ | alddw | 29.63 |
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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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- 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 Dedou
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