Gadou Surname
Approximately 5,721 people bear this surname
Gadou Surname Distribution Map
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| Ivory Coast | 1,518 | 1:15,198 | 1,197 |
| Chad | 1,155 | 1:11,768 | 1,513 |
| Egypt | 1,068 | 1:86,082 | 7,577 |
| Burkina Faso | 704 | 1:26,068 | 1,598 |
| Cameroon | 498 | 1:41,705 | 5,548 |
| France | 316 | 1:210,198 | 32,673 |
| Saudi Arabia | 199 | 1:155,054 | 22,057 |
| Morocco | 136 | 1:253,501 | 42,794 |
| Niger | 71 | 1:270,310 | 8,391 |
| Qatar | 9 | 1:262,000 | 30,726 |
| Canada | 7 | 1:5,263,656 | 239,735 |
| Benin | 6 | 1:1,722,600 | 61,769 |
| Papua New Guinea | 4 | 1:2,038,429 | 140,827 |
| Mali | 4 | 1:4,242,259 | 2,433 |
| United States | 3 | 1:120,819,644 | 1,331,040 |
| Nigeria | 3 | 1:59,047,586 | 507,603 |
| England | 3 | 1:18,572,686 | 338,250 |
| Mauritania | 2 | 1:2,047,432 | 30,537 |
| United Arab Emirates | 2 | 1:4,581,136 | 93,443 |
| Kuwait | 1 | 1:3,800,694 | 27,187 |
| Netherlands | 1 | 1:16,887,176 | 156,465 |
| India | 1 | 1:767,065,382 | 1,851,717 |
| Greece | 1 | 1:11,079,790 | 145,225 |
| Oman | 1 | 1:3,687,971 | 14,390 |
| Estonia | 1 | 1:1,321,804 | 40,178 |
| Colombia | 1 | 1:47,774,072 | 44,230 |
| Senegal | 1 | 1:14,579,342 | 11,705 |
| Sweden | 1 | 1:9,846,757 | 347,448 |
| Switzerland | 1 | 1:8,212,915 | 156,297 |
| Thailand | 1 | 1:70,638,345 | 1,175,915 |
| Togo | 1 | 1:7,247,768 | 12,049 |
| Algeria | 1 | 1:38,631,551 | 130,422 |
Gadou (1,216) may also be a first name.
Gadou Last Name Facts
Where Does The Last Name Gadou Come From? nationality or country of origin
The surname Gadou (Hassaniya-Arabic: ﻛﺎﺩﻭ) occurs in The Ivory Coast more than any other country/territory. It may also be rendered as:. Click here for other potential spellings of Gadou.
How Common Is The Last Name Gadou? popularity and diffusion
The last name Gadou is the 84,460th most widely held surname world-wide. It is borne by around 1 in 1,273,824 people. The last name Gadou occurs predominantly in Africa, where 84 percent of Gadou reside; 63 percent reside in West Africa and 30 percent reside in Atlantic-Niger Africa. It is also the 227,056th most common forename world-wide. It is borne by 1,216 people.
The last name Gadou is most widely held in The Ivory Coast, where it is held by 1,518 people, or 1 in 15,198. In The Ivory Coast Gadou is most frequent in: Gôh-Djiboua District, where 32 percent reside, Bas-Sassandra District, where 26 percent reside and Abidjan Autonomous District, where 24 percent reside. Besides The Ivory Coast it exists in 31 countries. It also occurs in Chad, where 20 percent reside and Egypt, where 19 percent reside.
Phonetically Similar Names
Gadou Name Transliterations
| Transliteration | ICU Latin | Percentage of Incidence |
|---|---|---|
| Gadou in the Hassaniya-Arabic language | ||
| ﻛﺎﺩﻭ | kadw | 50 |
| ﻛﺎﺟﻮ | kajw | 50 |
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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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- 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 Gadou
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