Meddou Surname
Approximately 26 people bear this surname
Meddou Surname Distribution Map
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| Mauritania | 24 | 1:170,619 | 9,051 |
| Algeria | 1 | 1:38,631,551 | 130,422 |
| France | 1 | 1:66,422,722 | 504,397 |
Meddou (34) may also be a first name.
Meddou Last Name Facts
Where Does The Last Name Meddou Come From? nationality or country of origin
The surname Meddou (Hassaniya-Arabic: ﻣﺪﻭ) has its highest incidence in Mauritania. It may be found as:. For other possible spellings of Meddou click here.
How Common Is The Last Name Meddou? popularity and diffusion
It is the 3,882,373rd most frequently occurring family name on a global scale, held by approximately 1 in 280,290,228 people. The surname is primarily found in Africa, where 96 percent of Meddou reside; 92 percent reside in West Africa and 92 percent reside in Senegambia Africa. Meddou is also the 1,775,424th most frequently held first name throughout the world, borne by 34 people.
The last name Meddou is most numerous in Mauritania, where it is carried by 24 people, or 1 in 170,619. In Mauritania it is most common in: Tagant Region, where 29 percent are found, Trarza Region, where 29 percent are found and Dakhlet Nouadhibou Region, where 25 percent are found. Beside Mauritania this surname occurs in 2 countries. It is also common in Algeria, where 4 percent are found and France, where 4 percent are found.
Phonetically Similar Names
Meddou Name Transliterations
| Transliteration | ICU Latin | Percentage of Incidence |
|---|---|---|
| Meddou in the Hassaniya-Arabic language | ||
| ﻣﺪﻭ | mdw | 67.86 |
| ﺍﻣﺪﻭ | amdw | 14.29 |
| ﺍﻣﺪ | amd | 14.29 |
| ﻣﺪ | md | 3.57 |
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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 Meddou
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