Guedou Surname
Approximately 3,634 people bear this surname
Guedou Surname Distribution Map
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| Benin | 2,131 | 1:4,850 | 641 |
| Togo | 945 | 1:7,670 | 1,744 |
| France | 298 | 1:222,895 | 34,564 |
| Gabon | 202 | 1:9,352 | 1,744 |
| Ivory Coast | 34 | 1:678,566 | 19,270 |
| Senegal | 6 | 1:2,429,890 | 4,996 |
| Algeria | 4 | 1:9,657,888 | 64,782 |
| Morocco | 4 | 1:8,619,025 | 73,251 |
| United States | 3 | 1:120,819,644 | 1,331,040 |
| Cameroon | 2 | 1:10,384,534 | 165,830 |
| Niger | 2 | 1:9,596,008 | 86,358 |
| Belgium | 1 | 1:11,496,644 | 167,539 |
| Canada | 1 | 1:36,845,591 | 464,108 |
| Switzerland | 1 | 1:8,212,915 | 156,297 |
Guedou (102) may also be a first name.
Guedou Last Name Facts
Where Does The Last Name Guedou Come From? nationality or country of origin
The surname Guedou is more commonly found in Benin than any other country or territory. It may also be found as a variant:. Click here to see other potential spellings of this surname.
How Common Is The Last Name Guedou? popularity and diffusion
The last name Guedou is the 125,295th most frequently occurring family name at a global level, borne by around 1 in 2,005,379 people. The surname Guedou occurs predominantly in Africa, where 91 percent of Guedou live; 85 percent live in West Africa and 85 percent live in Atlantic-Niger Africa. It is also the 935,178th most common first name world-wide, held by 102 people.
The surname is most widespread in Benin, where it is held by 2,131 people, or 1 in 4,850. In Benin it is most frequent in: Zou Department, where 61 percent reside, Littoral Department, where 18 percent reside and Atlantique Department, where 11 percent reside. Without taking into account Benin this surname exists in 13 countries. It is also common in Togo, where 26 percent reside and France, where 8 percent reside.
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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 Guedou
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