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 may occur as a variant:. Click here to see other possible spellings of this surname.
How Common Is The Last Name Dedou? popularity and diffusion
The last name Dedou is the 385,006th most widespread family name worldwide, borne by around 1 in 7,895,499 people. The surname Dedou occurs predominantly in Africa, where 76 percent of Dedou live; 63 percent live in West Africa and 47 percent live in Atlantic-Niger Africa. It is also the 205,259th most commonly occurring given name at a global level It is held by 1,445 people.
This last name is most numerous in The Ivory Coast, where it is held by 619 people, or 1 in 37,272. In The Ivory Coast it is most frequent in: Abidjan Autonomous District, where 34 percent live, Lagunes District, where 32 percent live and Bas-Sassandra District, where 19 percent live. Excluding The Ivory Coast it occurs in 13 countries. It also occurs 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
- 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 Dedou
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