Kendou Surname
Approximately 38 people bear this surname
Kendou Surname Distribution Map
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| Mauritania | 12 | 1:341,239 | 14,334 |
| Congo | 10 | 1:498,910 | 11,250 |
| Niger | 6 | 1:3,198,670 | 54,540 |
| Benin | 5 | 1:2,067,120 | 68,069 |
| Algeria | 1 | 1:38,631,551 | 130,422 |
| Cameroon | 1 | 1:20,769,068 | 227,406 |
| France | 1 | 1:66,422,722 | 504,397 |
| Papua New Guinea | 1 | 1:8,153,717 | 181,784 |
| Togo | 1 | 1:7,247,768 | 12,049 |
Kendou (18) may also be a first name.
Kendou Last Name Facts
Where Does The Last Name Kendou Come From? nationality or country of origin
The last name Kendou (Hassaniya-Arabic: ﻛﻨﺪﻭ) is carried by more people in Mauritania than any other country or territory. It may appear as:. For other possible spellings of this name click here.
How Common Is The Last Name Kendou? popularity and diffusion
The surname is the 3,185,033rd most commonly held family name on a global scale, borne by approximately 1 in 191,777,524 people. Kendou occurs mostly in Africa, where 95 percent of Kendou reside; 63 percent reside in West Africa and 32 percent reside in Senegambia Africa. It is also the 2,608,198th most widely held first name in the world, borne by 18 people.
The last name is most numerous in Mauritania, where it is carried by 12 people, or 1 in 341,239. In Mauritania it is primarily concentrated in: Hodh Chargui Region, where 75 percent are found, Hodh El Gharbi Region, where 17 percent are found and Assaba Region, where 8 percent are found. Apart from Mauritania this last name exists in 8 countries. It is also common in The Congo, where 26 percent are found and Niger, where 16 percent are found.
Phonetically Similar Names
Kendou Name Transliterations
| Transliteration | ICU Latin | Percentage of Incidence |
|---|---|---|
| Kendou in the Hassaniya-Arabic language | ||
| ﻛﻨﺪﻭ | kndw | - |
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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 Kendou
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