Kodou Surname
Approximately 492 people bear this surname
Kodou Surname Distribution Map
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| Ivory Coast | 329 | 1:70,125 | 3,951 |
| Benin | 87 | 1:118,800 | 13,087 |
| Malaysia | 47 | 1:627,537 | 30,158 |
| Niger | 16 | 1:1,199,501 | 25,520 |
| Philippines | 3 | 1:33,746,074 | 302,898 |
| Russia | 2 | 1:72,061,528 | 727,117 |
| Argentina | 1 | 1:42,743,414 | 282,706 |
| Cameroon | 1 | 1:20,769,068 | 227,406 |
| DR Congo | 1 | 1:73,879,570 | 260,543 |
| Ethiopia | 1 | 1:97,546,262 | 29,669 |
| Greece | 1 | 1:11,079,790 | 145,225 |
| Japan | 1 | 1:127,844,293 | 73,547 |
| Senegal | 1 | 1:14,579,342 | 11,705 |
| United States | 1 | 1:362,458,933 | 1,988,048 |
Kodou (1,502) may also be a first name.
Kodou Last Name Facts
Where Does The Last Name Kodou Come From? nationality or country of origin
The surname Kodou (Hassaniya-Arabic: ﻛﻮﺩﻭ) occurs more in The Ivory Coast more than any other country/territory. It may also be rendered as a variant:. Click here to see other potential spellings of this last name.
How Common Is The Last Name Kodou? popularity and diffusion
This last name is the 623,516th most frequently occurring surname globally. It is borne by around 1 in 14,812,085 people. The surname occurs mostly in Africa, where 64 percent of Kodou reside; 64 percent reside in West Africa and 60 percent reside in Atlantic-Niger Africa. It is also the 200,630th most common first name in the world, held by 1,502 people.
The surname is most numerous in The Ivory Coast, where it is borne by 329 people, or 1 in 70,125. In The Ivory Coast Kodou is primarily found in: Abidjan Autonomous District, where 35 percent are found, Lagunes District, where 20 percent are found and Sassandra-Marahoué District, where 15 percent are found. Apart from The Ivory Coast this surname exists in 13 countries. It is also common in Benin, where 18 percent are found and Malaysia, where 10 percent are found.
Phonetically Similar Names
Kodou Name Transliterations
| Transliteration | ICU Latin | Percentage of Incidence |
|---|---|---|
| Kodou in the Hassaniya-Arabic language | ||
| ﻛﻮﺩﻭ | kwdw | 90.91 |
| ﻛﺪﻭ | kdw | 9.09 |
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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 Kodou
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