Dendou Surname
Approximately 223 people bear this surname
Dendou Surname Distribution Map
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| Mauritania | 219 | 1:18,698 | 1,715 |
| Cameroon | 4 | 1:5,192,267 | 135,173 |
Dendou (38) may also be a first name.
Dendou Last Name Facts
Where Does The Last Name Dendou Come From? nationality or country of origin
The last name Dendou (Hassaniya-Arabic: ﺩﻧﺪﻭ) occurs most in Mauritania. It may also appear as:. For other potential spellings of this surname click here.
How Common Is The Last Name Dendou? popularity and diffusion
The last name Dendou is the 1,098,270th most widely held family name globally, borne by around 1 in 32,679,578 people. The last name occurs mostly in Africa, where 100 percent of Dendou live; 100 percent live in West Africa and 100 percent live in Senegambia Africa. Dendou is also the 1,662,754th most widespread first name throughout the world, held by 38 people.
It is most frequent in Mauritania, where it is carried by 219 people, or 1 in 18,698. In Mauritania Dendou is most common in: Nouakchott-Nord Region, where 26 percent live, Nouakchott-Sud Region, where 24 percent live and Nouakchott-Ouest Region, where 16 percent live. Barring Mauritania it is found in one country. It also occurs in Cameroon, where 2 percent live.
Phonetically Similar Names
Dendou Name Transliterations
| Transliteration | ICU Latin | Percentage of Incidence |
|---|---|---|
| Dendou in the Hassaniya-Arabic language | ||
| ﺩﻧﺪﻭ | dndw | 95.83 |
| ﺩﻧﺪ | dnd | 2.78 |
| ﺩﻭﻧﺪﻭ | dwndw | 1.39 |
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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 Dendou
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