Idowou Surname
Approximately 81 people bear this surname
Idowou Surname Distribution Map
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| Benin | 70 | 1:147,651 | 15,402 |
| Nigeria | 9 | 1:19,682,529 | 291,344 |
| Cameroon | 1 | 1:20,769,068 | 227,406 |
| Ivory Coast | 1 | 1:23,071,232 | 76,679 |
Idowou (32) may also be a first name.
Idowou Last Name Facts
Where Does The Last Name Idowou Come From? nationality or country of origin
The last name Idowou occurs more in Benin more than any other country or territory. It may also appear as:. For other potential spellings of this name click here.
How Common Is The Last Name Idowou? popularity and diffusion
The surname is the 2,091,648th most numerous surname throughout the world It is held by around 1 in 89,969,703 people. Idowou is predominantly found in Africa, where 99 percent of Idowou live; 98 percent live in West Africa and 98 percent live in Atlantic-Niger Africa. Idowou is also the 1,840,253rd most prevalent first name in the world. It is borne by 32 people.
The surname is most frequent in Benin, where it is carried by 70 people, or 1 in 147,651. In Benin it is primarily concentrated in: Plateau Department, where 79 percent live, Kouffo Department, where 9 percent live and Donga Department, where 3 percent live. Other than Benin this surname occurs in 3 countries. It is also found in Nigeria, where 11 percent live and Cameroon, where 1 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 Idowou
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