Jedou Surname
Approximately 5,084 people bear this surname
Jedou Surname Distribution Map
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| Mauritania | 5,074 | 1:807 | 113 |
| Morocco | 4 | 1:8,619,025 | 73,251 |
| Algeria | 2 | 1:19,315,776 | 97,017 |
| France | 1 | 1:66,422,722 | 504,397 |
| Ivory Coast | 1 | 1:23,071,232 | 76,679 |
| Saudi Arabia | 1 | 1:30,855,817 | 63,028 |
| United States | 1 | 1:362,458,933 | 1,988,048 |
The alternate forms: Jèdou (1) & Jédou (1) are calculated separately.
Jedou (623) may also be a first name.
Jedou Last Name Facts
Where Does The Last Name Jedou Come From? nationality or country of origin
The last name Jedou (Hassaniya-Arabic: ﺟﺪﻭ) occurs more in Mauritania more than any other country/territory. It may be found in the variant forms: Jèdou or Jédou. For other potential spellings of this name click here.
How Common Is The Last Name Jedou? popularity and diffusion
The last name Jedou is the 93,771st most commonly held surname globally. It is borne by around 1 in 1,433,428 people. It is predominantly found in Africa, where 100 percent of Jedou reside; 100 percent reside in West Africa and 100 percent reside in Senegambia Africa. Jedou is also the 333,939th most numerous first name worldwide, held by 623 people.
The last name is most frequently occurring in Mauritania, where it is held by 5,074 people, or 1 in 807. In Mauritania it is mostly concentrated in: Hodh Chargui Region, where 32 percent live, Nouakchott-Nord Region, where 13 percent live and Assaba Region, where 11 percent live. Beside Mauritania it occurs in 6 countries. It is also common in Morocco, where 0 percent live and Algeria, where 0 percent live.
Phonetically Similar Names
Jedou Name Transliterations
| Transliteration | ICU Latin | Percentage of Incidence |
|---|---|---|
| Jedou in the Hassaniya-Arabic language | ||
| ﺟﺪﻭ | jdw | 98.23 |
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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 Jedou
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