Gedou Surname
Approximately 18 people bear this surname
Gedou Surname Distribution Map
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| Mauritania | 12 | 1:341,239 | 14,334 |
| Benin | 3 | 1:3,445,201 | 77,822 |
| Egypt | 1 | 1:91,935,754 | 132,737 |
| England | 1 | 1:55,718,059 | 489,080 |
| United States | 1 | 1:362,458,933 | 1,988,048 |
The alternate forms: Gédoù (1) are calculated separately.
Gedou (16) may also be a first name.
Gedou Last Name Facts
Where Does The Last Name Gedou Come From? nationality or country of origin
The last name Gedou (Hassaniya-Arabic: ﺟﺪﻭ) is more commonly found in Mauritania than any other country/territory. It can be found in the variant forms: Gédoù. For other possible spellings of this name click here.
How Common Is The Last Name Gedou? popularity and diffusion
The surname Gedou is the 4,649,889th most numerous family name throughout the world It is held by approximately 1 in 404,863,662 people. The surname occurs mostly in Africa, where 89 percent of Gedou are found; 83 percent are found in West Africa and 67 percent are found in Senegambia Africa. Gedou is also the 2,786,762nd most frequently used first name in the world, borne by 16 people.
The last name Gedou is most frequently held in Mauritania, where it is carried by 12 people, or 1 in 341,239. In Mauritania it is primarily found in: Hodh Chargui Region, where 92 percent live and Guidimagha Region, where 8 percent live. Beside Mauritania it is found in 4 countries. It is also common in Benin, where 17 percent live and Egypt, where 6 percent live.
Phonetically Similar Names
Gedou Name Transliterations
| Transliteration | ICU Latin | Percentage of Incidence |
|---|---|---|
| Gedou in the Hassaniya-Arabic language | ||
| ﺟﺪﻭ | jdw | - |
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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 Gedou
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