Dodou Surname
Approximately 1,760 people bear this surname
Dodou Surname Distribution Map
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| Benin | 920 | 1:11,234 | 1,537 |
| Ivory Coast | 622 | 1:37,092 | 2,446 |
| Indonesia | 71 | 1:1,862,665 | 118,960 |
| Brazil | 64 | 1:3,344,911 | 95,290 |
| Greece | 39 | 1:284,097 | 42,188 |
| England | 9 | 1:6,190,895 | 170,599 |
| Ghana | 9 | 1:3,002,299 | 11,581 |
| Niger | 8 | 1:2,399,002 | 43,750 |
| Nigeria | 5 | 1:35,428,552 | 388,973 |
| Tunisia | 4 | 1:152,656 | 17,743 |
| Germany | 2 | 1:40,252,730 | 481,636 |
| France | 1 | 1:66,422,722 | 504,397 |
| Algeria | 1 | 1:38,631,551 | 130,422 |
| Chad | 1 | 1:13,592,199 | 13,092 |
| Cameroon | 1 | 1:20,769,068 | 227,406 |
| Netherlands | 1 | 1:16,887,176 | 156,465 |
| Sweden | 1 | 1:9,846,757 | 347,448 |
| United States | 1 | 1:362,458,933 | 1,988,048 |
Dodou (9,584) may also be a first name.
Dodou Last Name Facts
Where Does The Last Name Dodou Come From? nationality or country of origin
The last name Dodou (Hassaniya-Arabic: ﺩﻭﺩﻭ) occurs most in Benin. It can also be found as a variant:. Click here to see other possible spellings of Dodou.
How Common Is The Last Name Dodou? popularity and diffusion
It is the 230,013th most widely held surname on earth It is held by approximately 1 in 4,140,651 people. This surname is mostly found in Africa, where 81 percent of Dodou reside; 81 percent reside in West Africa and 81 percent reside in Atlantic-Niger Africa. Dodou is also the 63,061st most frequently used first name world-wide It is held by 9,584 people.
This surname is most commonly held in Benin, where it is held by 920 people, or 1 in 11,234. In Benin it is primarily found in: Ouémé Department, where 49 percent reside, Plateau Department, where 27 percent reside and Atlantique Department, where 10 percent reside. Aside from Benin it occurs in 17 countries. It is also found in The Ivory Coast, where 35 percent reside and Indonesia, where 4 percent reside.
Phonetically Similar Names
Dodou Name Transliterations
| Transliteration | ICU Latin | Percentage of Incidence |
|---|---|---|
| Dodou in the Hassaniya-Arabic language | ||
| ﺩﻭﺩﻭ | dwdw | - |
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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 Dodou
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