Gaidou Surname
Approximately 149 people bear this surname
Gaidou Surname Distribution Map
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| Niger | 114 | 1:168,351 | 6,055 |
| France | 14 | 1:4,744,480 | 251,814 |
| Senegal | 12 | 1:1,214,945 | 3,496 |
| Argentina | 4 | 1:10,685,854 | 219,200 |
| Burkina Faso | 1 | 1:18,352,100 | 30,051 |
| Cameroon | 1 | 1:20,769,068 | 227,406 |
| Egypt | 1 | 1:91,935,754 | 132,737 |
| New Caledonia | 1 | 1:276,223 | 10,363 |
| United States | 1 | 1:362,458,933 | 1,988,048 |
The alternate forms: Gaïdou (1) are calculated separately.
Gaidou (39) may also be a first name.
Gaidou Last Name Facts
Where Does The Last Name Gaidou Come From? nationality or country of origin
The last name Gaidou is found in Niger more than any other country/territory. It can also be found as: Gaïdou. Click here to see other possible spellings of this name.
How Common Is The Last Name Gaidou? popularity and diffusion
It is the 1,441,361st most prevalent family name on earth. It is borne by approximately 1 in 48,909,704 people. Gaidou occurs mostly in Africa, where 87 percent of Gaidou are found; 86 percent are found in West Africa and 77 percent are found in Chadic Africa. It is also the 1,637,361st most frequent first name in the world. It is borne by 39 people.
This last name is most commonly held in Niger, where it is carried by 114 people, or 1 in 168,351. In Niger Gaidou is mostly concentrated in: Tillabéri Region, where 46 percent live, Zinder Region, where 18 percent live and Diffa Region, where 11 percent live. Barring Niger this last name exists in 8 countries. It is also common in France, where 9 percent live and Senegal, where 8 percent live.
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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 Gaidou
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