Detou Surname

4,034,050th
Most Common
surname in the World

Approximately 24 people bear this surname

Most prevalent in:
Papua New Guinea
Highest density in:
Papua New Guinea

Detou Surname

The meaning of this surname is not listed.

Detou Surname Distribution Map

PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
Papua New Guinea121:679,47678,554
Cameroon71:2,967,010123,373
Burkina Faso11:18,352,10030,051
DR Congo11:73,879,570260,543
France11:66,422,722504,397
Russia11:144,123,056881,408
Thailand11:70,638,3451,175,915
PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
United States11:50,218,684817,899

Detou (132) may also be a first name.

Detou Last Name Facts

Where Does The Last Name Detou Come From? nationality or country of origin

The last name Detou (Hassaniya-Arabic: ﺩﺗﻮ, Russian: Детоу) is borne by more people in Papua New Guinea than any other country/territory. It can be found as:. For other possible spellings of this surname click here.

How Common Is The Last Name Detou? popularity and diffusion

It is the 4,034,050th most commonly held surname globally, borne by approximately 1 in 303,647,746 people. The surname occurs mostly in Oceania, where 50 percent of Detou are found; 50 percent are found in Oceania Islands and 50 percent are found in Papuan Oceania. It is also the 807,735th most commonly used forename at a global level, borne by 132 people.

It is most commonly occurring in Papua New Guinea, where it is held by 12 people, or 1 in 679,476. In Papua New Guinea it is most frequent in: Bougainville, where 100 percent are found. Other than Papua New Guinea this last name exists in 6 countries. It is also common in Cameroon, where 29 percent are found and Burkina Faso, where 4 percent are found.

Phonetically Similar Names

SurnameSimilarityWorldwide IncidencePrevalency
Detout91389/
Detoux9181/
Dethou9156/
Deitou9149/
Deytou9113/
Detouy917/
Detoup915/
Dietou914/
Destou912/
Detoue912/
Detous911/
Dettou911/
Deetou911/
Deto892,463/
Detu891,153/
Destout83122/
Dethouy8350/
Deuthou8310/
Destoup833/
Detouch832/
Destous831/
Destoud831/
Destoux831/
Detho803,598/
Detto80892/
Deyto80882/
Detoh80399/
Dieto80380/
Detup80290/
Desto80213/
Detot80204/
Detoy80171/
Destu80131/
Deuto8093/
Deito8062/
Detoo8038/
Deeto8033/
Detus8027/
Dethu8027/
Detoa8023/
Deutu8017/
Detoi8014/
Dettu8011/
Detue8011/
Dheto809/
Detoj806/
Detuu806/
Detut805/
Dhetu805/
Detuj805/
Dietu805/
Deetu805/
Ditou804/
Tdeto803/
Detui802/
Detuy802/
Deitu802/
Deatu802/
Detos802/
Dehto802/
Deteu802/
Detau802/
Detuz802/
Detoe801/
Tdetu801/
Dejto801/
Detop801/
Dezto801/
Dejtu801/
Detuo800/
Destouet77167/
Daheytou779/
Destouch778/
Detajoud772/
D'Estoup771/
Deitos731,852/
Detuya73540/
Detoya73277/
Destot7368/
Detoye7338/
Detoit7338/
Deastu7336/
Dietoa7326/
Detaux7326/
Dietoh7321/
Detoia7318/
Dehtho7312/
Dietto7311/
Detoie7310/
Detoth739/
Dettoh739/
Deitoz738/
Detaut738/
Detoop737/
Detaup737/
Dhetho736/
Detayo735/
Deetho735/
Deshto734/
Dethus734/
Deethu733/
Daitou733/
Deuteu733/
Deshtu733/
Destos732/
Djttou732/
Detijo732/
Dettho732/
Destop732/
Deatho732/
Deetoh732/
Deetoo732/
Dettos732/
Detush731/
Dessto731/
Dettus731/
Detuch731/
Dhethu731/
Deasto731/
Detoyi731/
Dhetto731/
Deisto731/
Deatoa731/
D'Esto731/
Deteuh731/
Dethau731/
Dethoi731/
Detoey731/
Detoyo731/
Detteu731/
Dettue731/
Detuyo731/
Destoy731/
Destus731/
Deutho731/
Deztoo731/
Dethoo731/
Deetuy731/
Dettoe730/
Deitus730/
Detosh730/
Deetus730/
Destouess711/
Dito678,896/
Ditu674,820/
Deta674,588/
Destajo672,466/
Destoop67795/
Detheux6770/
Deathos6710/
Dithoud678/
Deitoss675/
Detaova674/
Dyto673/
Detuydt672/
Destejo672/
Dethoit672/
Dethtup672/
Detusch671/
Deteuts671/
Dettoja671/
Deethos671/
Deitueh671/
Déto671/
Dethaju671/
Destayo671/
Desteyo671/
Destois671/
Destojo671/
Destayu671/
Dittous670/

Detou Name Transliterations

TransliterationICU LatinPercentage of Incidence
Detou in the Hassaniya-Arabic language
ﺩﺗﻮdtw57.14
ﺍﻟﺪﺗﻮaldtw14.29
ﺩﺕdt14.29
ﺍﻟﺪﻳﺘﻮaldytw14.29
Detou in the Russian language
Детоуdetou-

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