Dodo Surname

6,600th
Most Common
surname in the World

Approximately 85,576 people bear this surname

Most prevalent in:
Egypt
Highest density in:
Niger

Dodo Surname

The meaning of this surname is not listed.

Dodo Surname Distribution Map

PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
Egypt19,6471:4,679617
Nigeria19,1301:9,2601,020
Niger15,3361:1,251166
Ivory Coast5,7951:3,981381
Pakistan3,7731:47,3481,973
South Africa2,1751:24,9093,173
Benin2,1321:4,848639
Indonesia1,9781:66,8607,235
DR Congo1,9291:38,2994,740
Uganda1,8051:21,6283,174
Tanzania1,4371:36,8424,272
Saudi Arabia1,2721:24,2583,358
Togo1,2601:5,7521,143
Morocco8861:38,9126,295
Algeria8021:48,1698,378
Ghana7621:35,4604,134
Zimbabwe6711:23,0083,471
Brazil6421:333,44912,819
Mali4521:37,5421,092
Chad3851:35,3044,109
Israel3271:26,1703,828
Iran2951:260,28019,394
Cameroon2531:82,09110,026
Philippines2431:416,61852,628
United States1981:1,830,601119,637
Japan1711:747,62717,573
France1671:397,74158,569
Botswana1541:14,2012,743
Papua New Guinea1531:53,2926,745
Kenya1251:369,43921,332
Russia981:1,470,643101,259
Kuwait961:39,5914,718
Solomon Islands921:6,305921
Romania851:236,21022,608
India781:9,834,172191,207
Haiti771:138,7526,057
Albania741:39,3795,618
England591:944,37447,923
Liberia481:91,8447,477
Turkey421:1,852,89166,380
Canada321:1,151,42583,867
Germany261:3,096,364143,912
Italy261:2,352,18093,058
Madagascar251:945,9932,355
Poland251:1,520,35087,293
China211:65,110,5513,537
Ukraine191:2,395,931155,639
Spain181:2,597,33559,996
Ireland171:276,9969,887
Argentina161:2,671,463118,579
Jordan141:631,60313,893
Bhutan131:47,388632
Trinidad and Tobago131:104,9216,882
Qatar121:196,50026,891
Thailand111:6,421,668407,040
Belarus101:950,10668,851
Kazakhstan101:1,768,25083,699
Angola91:2,998,8024,903
Sudan91:4,167,7995,799
United Arab Emirates91:1,018,03036,884
Belgium81:1,437,08092,692
Switzerland71:1,173,27469,697
Lebanon61:939,51416,645
Tunisia61:101,77114,710
Uruguay61:571,96026,877
Malaysia51:5,898,845196,803
Netherlands51:3,377,435111,911
Australia41:6,748,925181,100
Bahrain41:337,1526,054
Portugal41:2,604,56016,079
Seychelles41:23,0981,012
Slovakia41:1,334,11294,300
Tajikistan41:2,096,6737,416
Iceland31:126,6975,403
Moldova31:1,187,12348,973
Scotland31:1,784,60641,943
Senegal31:4,859,7816,822
Sweden31:3,282,252190,759
Syria31:6,433,67416,197
Wales31:1,031,51134,732
Afghanistan21:16,076,59243,178
Andorra21:41,9191,654
Burkina Faso21:9,176,05023,741
Congo21:2,494,54828,763
Croatia21:2,114,30285,143
Greece21:5,539,895129,142
Latvia21:1,025,02341,546
Oman21:1,843,9869,590
South Korea21:25,620,1284,175
Northern Ireland11:1,845,03620,648
Armenia11:2,930,18022,770
Azerbaijan11:9,649,12247,873
Bulgaria11:6,978,90586,260
Cambodia11:15,487,14614,824
Czechia11:10,633,469206,023
Estonia11:1,321,80440,178
Ethiopia11:97,546,26229,669
Finland11:5,496,70284,025
Gabon11:1,889,1946,814
Georgia11:3,745,54547,852
Guatemala11:16,082,66812,169
Honduras11:8,816,4429,272
Hong Kong11:7,335,48316,643
Hungary11:9,816,27773,288
Iraq11:35,021,65431,813
Jamaica11:2,869,94713,896
Laos11:6,588,3231,961
Lithuania11:3,034,58847,401
Malawi11:17,119,10934,144
Maldives11:404,1727,269
Mauritius11:1,293,41716,552
Mexico11:124,126,205103,776
Mozambique11:27,261,5697,432
Nepal11:28,480,95622,413
New Zealand11:4,528,32355,372
Rwanda11:11,364,9785,947
Sri Lanka11:20,808,56018,521
Taiwan11:23,444,74693,622
Venezuela11:30,204,07785,459
Vietnam11:92,646,0548,382
PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
United States111:4,565,335193,764

The alternate forms: Dodó (28), Dodô (17), Dôdô (4), Ďoďo (1) & Dódó (1) are calculated separately.

Dodo (130,491) may also be a first name.

Dodo Last Name Facts

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

The surname Dodo (Arabic: ضوضو, Georgian: დოდო, Hassaniya-Arabic: ﺩﻭﺩﻭ, Hindi: डोडो, Marathi: डोडो, Russian: Додо, Tibetan: རྡོ་རྡོ།) occurs in Egypt more than any other country or territory. It may also occur as: Dodó, Dodô, Dôdô, Ďoďo or Dódó. For other possible spellings of this last name click here.

How Common Is The Last Name Dodo? popularity and diffusion

This surname is the 6,600th most commonly held last name internationally. It is borne by around 1 in 85,159 people. This last name occurs predominantly in Africa, where 86 percent of Dodo reside; 51 percent reside in West Africa and 32 percent reside in Atlantic-Niger Africa. It is also the 7,990th most widespread first name on earth. It is borne by 130,491 people.

The surname is most commonly held in Egypt, where it is borne by 19,647 people, or 1 in 4,679. Apart from Egypt this surname exists in 119 countries. It is also common in Nigeria, where 22 percent live and Niger, where 18 percent live.

Dodo Family Population Trend historical fluctuation

The incidence of Dodo has changed through the years. In The United States the number of people who held the Dodo last name expanded 1,800 percent between 1880 and 2014.

Dodo Last Name Statistics demography

The religious devotion of those holding the last name is chiefly Christian (71%) in Kenya and Christian (55%) in Nigeria.

In The United States those bearing the Dodo last name are 21.77% more likely to be registered with the Democratic Party than The US average, with 75% registered with the political party.

The amount Dodo earn in different countries varies markedly. In South Africa they earn 42.97% less than the national average, earning R 135,528 per year; in United States they earn 6.21% less than the national average, earning $40,471 USD per year and in Canada they earn 0.63% more than the national average, earning $49,996 CAD per year.

Phonetically Similar Names

SurnameSimilarityWorldwide IncidencePrevalency
Dodó9228/
Dodô9217/
Dodoo8933,514/
Dodou891,760/
Dodoi891,385/
Dodoh89928/
Dodos89720/
Doddo89540/
Dodoy89523/
Doodo89507/
Dodot89306/
Doudo89238/
Dodoš89203/
Dodoa89145/
Dodop89127/
Doido89116/
Dhodo8964/
Dodoz8959/
Dodod8940/
Dodoţ8928/
Doydo8916/
Dodho8910/
Ddodo8910/
Duodo898/
Doduo894/
Dodgo894/
Dosdo892/
Doedo892/
Dohdo892/
Dodoí891/
Dotdo891/
Dôdô834/
Ďoďo831/
Dódó831/
Doudou8045,589/
Dosdos803,787/
Doydoy801,003/
Doodoh80745/
Dotdot80528/
Dhodho80457/
Dodosh80151/
Duoduo80136/
Doudot80123/
Doodoo80101/
Ddoddo8098/
Doudos8065/
Doidoi8029/
Doodoi8027/
Doddod8022/
Douddo8018/
Dodoch8012/
Douduo8011/
Doudoo8011/
Dodooh807/
Duodoo806/
Dodouh806/
Dohdoh806/
Dodopp804/
Doddou803/
Doudoy802/
Doidou802/
Doddoj801/
Doidoy801/
Doedoy801/
Dodoha801/
Dodhou801/
Doidoh801/
Doiçdo801/
Doodou801/
Dhodou801/
Dhodoy801/
Doudoa801/
Doudoh801/
Doudoi801/
Dosdot801/
Dodous801/
Doda7538,934/
Doudouh732,177/
Doudoux73455/
Doudouz73239/
Douddou73126/
Dodoaia7347/
Hdoudou7324/
Doodood7312/
Dodoult7311/
Doudoud7310/
Dodouch7310/
Doudous738/
Dooddoh737/
Doodhoo732/
Dohdosh731/
Dhoodoo731/
Dhoudho731/
Douchdo731/
Dodda6719,988/
Dhoda678,162/
Douda674,505/
Dodah671,495/
Dadoo671,434/
Dodaa67915/
Dodha67860/
Dooda67851/
Dedoo67669/
Dosda67446/
Doudouch67275/
Dodat67271/
Dadod67211/
Doida67144/
Dodas67130/
Dodad6734/
Douhdouh6732/
Dudoo6721/
Doyda6715/
Duoda6710/
Doodooie6710/
Dodga678/
Dodeu677/
Doeda676/
Dohda676/
Dosdá675/
Tdoda674/
Ddoda674/
Dodap674/
Douddouh673/
Dgoda672/
Dosdà672/
Doidoitz672/
Dojda672/
Dodau671/
Dodohova671/
Hdoda671/
Doodoush671/
Ddouddou671/
Doudoudd671/
Doudoush671/

Dodo Name Transliterations

TransliterationICU LatinPercentage of Incidence
Dodo in the Georgian language
დოდოdodo-
Dodo in the Hassaniya-Arabic language
ﺩﻭﺩﻭdwdw-
Dodo in the Tibetan language
རྡོ་རྡོ།dodo74.14
རྡོ་རྡོ་dodo8.62
དོ་དོ།dodo5.17
མདོ་མདོ།dodo3.45
སྡོ་སྡོ།dodo3.45
མདོ་མདོ་dodo1.72
དོ་དོ་dodo1.72
རྡོ་རྗེ།dorjé1.72
Dodo in the Marathi language
डोडोdodo66.67
दोदोdodo33.33
Dodo in the Hindi language
डोडोdodo63.64
दोदोdodo36.36
Dodo in the Russian language
Додоdodo-
Dodo in the Arabic language
ضوضوdwdw-
دودوdwdw-

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