Kodau Surname
Approximately 25 people bear this surname
Kodau Surname Distribution Map
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| Nigeria | 16 | 1:11,071,422 | 210,388 |
| India | 5 | 1:153,413,076 | 951,030 |
| Indonesia | 3 | 1:44,083,065 | 698,220 |
| United States | 1 | 1:362,458,933 | 1,988,048 |
Kodau (107) may also be a first name.
Kodau Last Name Facts
Where Does The Last Name Kodau Come From? nationality or country of origin
The surname Kodau (Hindi: कोदऊ, Marathi: कोडंू) is found most in Nigeria. It may also occur in the variant forms:. Click here for other potential spellings of this last name.
How Common Is The Last Name Kodau? popularity and diffusion
The last name is the 3,957,383rd most numerous surname throughout the world, borne by approximately 1 in 291,501,837 people. This surname is predominantly found in Africa, where 64 percent of Kodau are found; 64 percent are found in West Africa and 64 percent are found in Atlantic-Niger Africa. Kodau is also the 910,230th most frequently used first name worldwide, held by 107 people.
This surname is most commonly used in Nigeria, where it is held by 16 people, or 1 in 11,071,422. In Nigeria Kodau is most prevalent in: Sokoto, where 69 percent live and Zamfara, where 31 percent live. Not including Nigeria it is found in 3 countries. It also occurs in India, where 20 percent live and Indonesia, where 12 percent live.
Phonetically Similar Names
Kodau Name Transliterations
| Transliteration | ICU Latin | Percentage of Incidence |
|---|---|---|
| Kodau in the Marathi language | ||
| कोडंू | kodamu | - |
| Kodau in the Hindi language | ||
| कोदऊ | koda'u | 78.95 |
| कोदउ | koda'u | 18.42 |
| कोदाउ | koda'u | 2.63 |
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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 Kodau
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