Diouh Surname
Approximately 146 people bear this surname
Diouh Surname Distribution Map
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| Mauritania | 140 | 1:29,249 | 2,440 |
| Senegal | 3 | 1:4,859,781 | 6,822 |
| Cameroon | 2 | 1:10,384,534 | 165,830 |
| France | 1 | 1:66,422,722 | 504,397 |
Diouh Last Name Facts
Where Does The Last Name Diouh Come From? nationality or country of origin
The surname Diouh (Hassaniya-Arabic: ﺟﻮ) is held by more people in Mauritania than any other country/territory. It can also be rendered as a variant:. Click here for other potential spellings of this name.
How Common Is The Last Name Diouh? popularity and diffusion
This surname is the 1,459,453rd most frequently used last name on a global scale It is held by approximately 1 in 49,914,698 people. This last name occurs mostly in Africa, where 99 percent of Diouh are found; 98 percent are found in West Africa and 98 percent are found in Senegambia Africa.
The last name is most numerous in Mauritania, where it is held by 140 people, or 1 in 29,249. In Mauritania it is primarily found in: Brakna Region, where 62 percent are found, Nouakchott-Ouest Region, where 17 percent are found and Dakhlet Nouadhibou Region, where 11 percent are found. Without taking into account Mauritania this surname occurs in 3 countries. It also occurs in Senegal, where 2 percent are found and Cameroon, where 1 percent are found.
Phonetically Similar Names
Diouh Name Transliterations
| Transliteration | ICU Latin | Percentage of Incidence |
|---|---|---|
| Diouh in the Hassaniya-Arabic language | ||
| ﺟﻮ | jw | 53.49 |
| ﺟﻮﻩ | jwh | 27.91 |
| ﺍﺩﻳﻮﻩ | adywh | 6.98 |
| ﺟﻴﻮﻩ | jywh | 4.65 |
| ﺍﻧﺪﻳﻮﻩ | andywh | 2.33 |
| ﺩﻳﻮﻩ | dywh | 2.33 |
| ﺃﺩﻳﻮﻩ | adywh | 2.33 |
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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 Diouh
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