Modou Surname
Approximately 13,796 people bear this surname
Modou Surname Distribution Map
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| Cameroon | 10,386 | 1:2,000 | 197 |
| Chad | 2,311 | 1:5,882 | 869 |
| Niger | 1,003 | 1:19,135 | 1,213 |
| Ivory Coast | 24 | 1:961,301 | 23,927 |
| Brazil | 14 | 1:15,291,024 | 280,658 |
| United States | 11 | 1:32,950,812 | 797,015 |
| Papua New Guinea | 10 | 1:815,372 | 88,623 |
| Senegal | 9 | 1:1,619,927 | 4,107 |
| South Africa | 7 | 1:7,739,672 | 177,858 |
| Malaysia | 4 | 1:7,373,556 | 230,001 |
| Nigeria | 3 | 1:59,047,586 | 507,603 |
| Burkina Faso | 2 | 1:9,176,050 | 23,741 |
| Spain | 2 | 1:23,376,018 | 128,922 |
| Indonesia | 1 | 1:132,249,194 | 811,426 |
| Norway | 1 | 1:5,142,286 | 129,201 |
| Italy | 1 | 1:61,156,688 | 199,583 |
| Algeria | 1 | 1:38,631,551 | 130,422 |
| Gambia | 1 | 1:1,923,451 | 1,043 |
| France | 1 | 1:66,422,722 | 504,397 |
| England | 1 | 1:55,718,059 | 489,080 |
| Egypt | 1 | 1:91,935,754 | 132,737 |
| Canada | 1 | 1:36,845,591 | 464,108 |
| Benin | 1 | 1:10,335,602 | 103,742 |
Modou (228,733) may also be a first name.
Modou Demographics
Average Modou Salary in
United States
$24,750 USD
Per year
Average Salary in
United States
$43,149 USD
Per year
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Modou Last Name Facts
Where Does The Last Name Modou Come From? nationality or country of origin
The last name Modou (Hassaniya-Arabic: ﻣﻮﺩﻭ) is most common in Cameroon. It may also be found in the variant forms:. Click here for other possible spellings of Modou.
How Common Is The Last Name Modou? popularity and diffusion
The surname Modou is the 38,154th most commonly held last name on a worldwide basis, held by approximately 1 in 528,236 people. The last name occurs predominantly in Africa, where 100 percent of Modou live; 98 percent live in West Africa and 93 percent live in Chadic Africa. It is also the 4,586th most frequently occurring first name internationally, borne by 228,733 people.
It is most commonly used in Cameroon, where it is held by 10,386 people, or 1 in 2,000. In Cameroon it is mostly concentrated in: Far North Region, where 94 percent are found, North Region, where 3 percent are found and Centre Region, where 1 percent are found. Besides Cameroon this surname occurs in 22 countries. It is also common in Chad, where 17 percent are found and Niger, where 7 percent are found.
Modou Last Name Statistics demography
Modou earn a lot less than the average income. In United States they earn 42.64% less than the national average, earning $24,750 USD per year.
Phonetically Similar Names
Modou Name Transliterations
| Transliteration | ICU Latin | Percentage of Incidence |
|---|---|---|
| Modou in the Hassaniya-Arabic language | ||
| ﻣﻮﺩﻭ | mwdw | 87.5 |
| ﻣﻮﺩ | mwd | 10 |
| ﻣﺪﻭ | mdw | 2.5 |
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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 Modou
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