Meidou Surname
Approximately 38 people bear this surname
Meidou Surname Distribution Map
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| Cameroon | 18 | 1:1,153,837 | 70,128 |
| Mauritania | 18 | 1:227,492 | 10,961 |
| Niger | 2 | 1:9,596,008 | 86,358 |
The alternate forms: Meïdou (1) are calculated separately.
Meidou (451) may also be a first name.
Meidou Last Name Facts
Where Does The Last Name Meidou Come From? nationality or country of origin
Meidou (Hassaniya-Arabic: ﻣﻴﺪﻭ) has its highest incidence in Cameroon. It can also appear as a variant: Meïdou. Click here for other possible spellings of this surname.
How Common Is The Last Name Meidou? popularity and diffusion
The surname is the 3,185,033rd most common last name worldwide It is held by around 1 in 191,777,524 people. Meidou occurs predominantly in Africa, where 100 percent of Meidou reside; 53 percent reside in West Africa and 47 percent reside in Senegambia Africa. Meidou is also the 402,848th most commonly occurring forename throughout the world It is held by 451 people.
It is most commonly occurring in Cameroon, where it is held by 18 people, or 1 in 1,153,837. In Cameroon Meidou is most frequent in: Centre Region, where 89 percent live, Adamawa Region, where 6 percent live and Littoral Region, where 6 percent live. Apart from Cameroon Meidou occurs in 2 countries. It also occurs in Mauritania, where 47 percent live and Niger, where 5 percent live.
Phonetically Similar Names
Meidou Name Transliterations
| Transliteration | ICU Latin | Percentage of Incidence |
|---|---|---|
| Meidou in the Hassaniya-Arabic language | ||
| ﻣﻴﺪﻭ | mydw | 28.57 |
| ﺍﻣﻴﺪﻭ | amydw | 28.57 |
| ﺃﻣﻴﺪﻭ | amydw | 28.57 |
| ﺃﻣﻴﺪ | amyd | 7.14 |
| ﺍﻣﻴﺪ | amyd | 7.14 |
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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 Meidou
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