Dedoum Surname
Approximately 30 people bear this surname
Dedoum Surname Distribution Map
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| Cameroon | 28 | 1:741,752 | 52,682 |
| Niger | 2 | 1:9,596,008 | 86,358 |
Dedoum Last Name Facts
Where Does The Last Name Dedoum Come From? nationality or country of origin
The last name Dedoum is found in Cameroon more than any other country/territory. It can also be found in the variant forms:. For other potential spellings of Dedoum click here.
How Common Is The Last Name Dedoum? popularity and diffusion
The surname is the 3,602,217th most frequent family name at a global level, held by around 1 in 242,918,197 people. Dedoum occurs mostly in Africa, where 100 percent of Dedoum live; 60 percent live in Central Africa and 57 percent live in Central Bantu Africa.
This surname is most prevalent in Cameroon, where it is held by 28 people, or 1 in 741,752. In Cameroon Dedoum is mostly concentrated in: Centre Region, where 57 percent live, North Region, where 36 percent live and Adamawa Region, where 4 percent live. Apart from Cameroon it is found in one country. It also occurs in Niger, where 7 percent live.
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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 Dedoum
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