Gidou Surname
Approximately 84 people bear this surname
Gidou Surname Distribution Map
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| Mauritania | 44 | 1:93,065 | 5,851 |
| Papua New Guinea | 34 | 1:239,815 | 32,925 |
| Algeria | 3 | 1:12,877,184 | 84,902 |
| Benin | 1 | 1:10,335,602 | 103,742 |
| Greece | 1 | 1:11,079,790 | 145,225 |
| Malaysia | 1 | 1:29,494,225 | 409,885 |
Gidou (13) may also be a first name.
Gidou Last Name Facts
Where Does The Last Name Gidou Come From? nationality or country of origin
The surname Gidou (Hassaniya-Arabic: ﺟﺪﻭ) occurs more in Mauritania more than any other country or territory. It may also be rendered as a variant:. For other potential spellings of this name click here.
How Common Is The Last Name Gidou? popularity and diffusion
The surname Gidou is the 2,047,559th most common last name on earth, borne by around 1 in 86,756,499 people. Gidou occurs mostly in Africa, where 57 percent of Gidou are found; 54 percent are found in West Africa and 52 percent are found in Senegambia Africa. It is also the 3,159,357th most widespread given name internationally It is held by 13 people.
This last name is most frequently occurring in Mauritania, where it is carried by 44 people, or 1 in 93,065. In Mauritania it is most prevalent in: Assaba Region, where 77 percent live, Tagant Region, where 20 percent live and Nouakchott-Sud Region, where 2 percent live. Besides Mauritania this surname exists in 5 countries. It is also found in Papua New Guinea, where 40 percent live and Algeria, where 4 percent live.
Phonetically Similar Names
Gidou Name Transliterations
| Transliteration | ICU Latin | Percentage of Incidence |
|---|---|---|
| Gidou 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 Gidou
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