Edou Surname
Approximately 15,317 people bear this surname
Edou Surname Distribution Map
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| Benin | 5,513 | 1:1,875 | 232 |
| Gabon | 5,456 | 1:346 | 49 |
| Cameroon | 2,806 | 1:7,402 | 916 |
| Togo | 840 | 1:8,628 | 2,051 |
| Mauritania | 243 | 1:16,851 | 1,567 |
| Uganda | 225 | 1:173,508 | 14,645 |
| France | 93 | 1:714,223 | 89,679 |
| Ivory Coast | 46 | 1:501,549 | 15,911 |
| Nigeria | 22 | 1:8,051,944 | 174,166 |
| United States | 14 | 1:25,889,924 | 709,614 |
| Burkina Faso | 9 | 1:2,039,122 | 15,494 |
| Canada | 8 | 1:4,605,699 | 220,704 |
| Germany | 7 | 1:11,500,780 | 305,602 |
| Senegal | 7 | 1:2,082,763 | 4,662 |
| Kenya | 5 | 1:9,235,980 | 55,978 |
| DR Congo | 4 | 1:18,469,892 | 182,906 |
| Niger | 3 | 1:6,397,339 | 78,839 |
| Belgium | 2 | 1:5,748,322 | 130,559 |
| Brazil | 2 | 1:107,037,166 | 1,031,150 |
| Mauritius | 1 | 1:1,293,417 | 16,552 |
| Morocco | 1 | 1:34,476,099 | 111,471 |
| Chad | 1 | 1:13,592,199 | 13,092 |
| Madagascar | 1 | 1:23,649,837 | 9,420 |
| Papua New Guinea | 1 | 1:8,153,717 | 181,784 |
| Russia | 1 | 1:144,123,056 | 881,408 |
| Jordan | 1 | 1:8,842,437 | 26,010 |
| South Korea | 1 | 1:51,240,256 | 8,015 |
| Thailand | 1 | 1:70,638,345 | 1,175,915 |
| Denmark | 1 | 1:5,644,715 | 93,155 |
| Haiti | 1 | 1:10,683,907 | 24,607 |
| Ghana | 1 | 1:27,020,692 | 23,742 |
The alternate forms: Édou (1) are calculated separately.
Edou (1,713) may also be a first name.
Edou Demographics
Edou Religious Adherence
in Kenya
Religious Adherence
in Kenya
Edou Last Name Facts
Where Does The Last Name Edou Come From? nationality or country of origin
Edou (Hassaniya-Arabic: ﺍﺩﻭ) has its highest incidence in Benin. It can be found as: Édou. For other potential spellings of Edou click here.
How Common Is The Last Name Edou? popularity and diffusion
The last name is the 34,589th most frequent surname globally. It is borne by approximately 1 in 475,782 people. Edou is primarily found in Africa, where 99 percent of Edou are found; 54 percent are found in Central Africa and 51 percent are found in Central Bantu Africa. It is also the 185,537th most commonly used first name throughout the world, borne by 1,713 people.
The surname is most commonly used in Benin, where it is held by 5,513 people, or 1 in 1,875. In Benin it is most prevalent in: Kouffo Department, where 81 percent are found, Zou Department, where 7 percent are found and Littoral Department, where 4 percent are found. Beside Benin it is found in 30 countries. It is also found in Gabon, where 36 percent are found and Cameroon, where 18 percent are found.
Edou Last Name Statistics demography
The religious devotion of those carrying the Edou last name is predominantly Christian (100%) in Kenya.
Edou earn significantly more than the average income. In United States they earn 32.24% more than the national average, earning $57,062 USD per year.
Phonetically Similar Names
Edou Name Transliterations
| Transliteration | ICU Latin | Percentage of Incidence |
|---|---|---|
| Edou in the Hassaniya-Arabic language | ||
| ﺍﺩﻭ | adw | 38.64 |
| ﺃﺩﻭ | adw | 34.09 |
| ﺍﻟﺪﻭ | aldw | 21.97 |
| ﺁﺩﻭ | adw | 1.52 |
| ﺃﺩﻩ | adh | 0.76 |
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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
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- 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 Edou
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