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
Gedou (Hassaniya-Arabic: ﺟﺪﻭ) is found in Mauritania more than any other country/territory. It can also be rendered as: Gédoù. For other possible spellings of Gedou click here.
How Common Is The Last Name Gedou? popularity and diffusion
The last name Gedou is the 4,649,889th most frequently held family name world-wide, borne by approximately 1 in 404,863,662 people. This surname occurs predominantly in Africa, where 89 percent of Gedou reside; 83 percent reside in West Africa and 67 percent reside in Senegambia Africa. Gedou is also the 2,786,762nd most frequent first name throughout the world. It is borne by 16 people.
This last name is most frequently occurring in Mauritania, where it is carried by 12 people, or 1 in 341,239. In Mauritania Gedou is most numerous in: Hodh Chargui Region, where 92 percent are found and Guidimagha Region, where 8 percent are found. Barring Mauritania Gedou occurs in 4 countries. It is also found in Benin, where 17 percent are found and Egypt, where 6 percent are found.
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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