Doundou Surname
Approximately 412 people bear this surname
Doundou Surname Distribution Map
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| Niger | 329 | 1:58,334 | 2,808 |
| Benin | 44 | 1:234,900 | 21,145 |
| Mauritania | 24 | 1:170,619 | 9,051 |
| Congo | 13 | 1:383,777 | 9,863 |
| Cameroon | 1 | 1:20,769,068 | 227,406 |
| France | 1 | 1:66,422,722 | 504,397 |
Doundou (106) may also be a first name.
Doundou Last Name Facts
Where Does The Last Name Doundou Come From? nationality or country of origin
The surname Doundou (Hassaniya-Arabic: ﺩﻭﻧﺪﻭ) is found in Niger more than any other country or territory. It may be found in the variant forms:. Click here to see other potential spellings of this last name.
How Common Is The Last Name Doundou? popularity and diffusion
Doundou is the 711,133rd most commonly used family name on a worldwide basis, held by around 1 in 17,688,218 people. The surname is mostly found in Africa, where 100 percent of Doundou live; 96 percent live in West Africa and 80 percent live in Chadic Africa. Doundou is also the 915,176th most frequently occurring first name internationally, held by 106 people.
The surname Doundou is most frequent in Niger, where it is borne by 329 people, or 1 in 58,334. In Niger Doundou is primarily found in: Tillabéri Region, where 66 percent are found, Zinder Region, where 19 percent are found and Agadez Region, where 5 percent are found. Besides Niger it exists in 5 countries. It also occurs in Benin, where 11 percent are found and Mauritania, where 6 percent are found.
Phonetically Similar Names
Doundou Name Transliterations
| Transliteration | ICU Latin | Percentage of Incidence |
|---|---|---|
| Doundou in the Hassaniya-Arabic language | ||
| ﺩﻭﻧﺪﻭ | dwndw | 87.5 |
| ﺩﻧﺪﻭ | dndw | 12.5 |
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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 Doundou
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