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
Dodou (Hassaniya-Arabic: ﺩﻭﺩﻭ) is carried by more people in Benin than any other country/territory. It can appear as a variant:. Click here to see other possible spellings of this name.
How Common Is The Last Name Dodou? popularity and diffusion
The last name is the 230,013th most numerous last name on earth It is held by approximately 1 in 4,140,651 people. The last name occurs mostly in Africa, where 81 percent of Dodou live; 81 percent live in West Africa and 81 percent live in Atlantic-Niger Africa. It is also the 63,061st most prevalent given name worldwide. It is borne by 9,584 people.
The last name Dodou is most common in Benin, where it is carried by 920 people, or 1 in 11,234. In Benin it is most numerous in: Ouémé Department, where 49 percent reside, Plateau Department, where 27 percent reside and Atlantique Department, where 10 percent reside. Besides Benin it occurs in 17 countries. It is also common 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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