N'Daw Surname

169,295th
Most Common
surname in the World

Approximately 2,550 people bear this surname

Most prevalent in:
Mauritania
Highest density in:
Mauritania

N'Daw Surname Definition:

This surname has been adopted by members of the Senegalese Ndaw clan. The clan's totem is the hare, which clan members are prohibited from harming. It is believed that members of the clan become hares when they die.

N'Daw Surname Distribution Map

PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
Mauritania1,3871:2,952361
Mali7101:23,900839
Ivory Coast2011:114,7825,758
France1411:471,08366,853
Guinea941:125,892914
Morocco91:3,830,67854,497
Senegal61:2,429,8904,996
Switzerland61:1,368,81977,571
United States51:72,491,7871,102,614
Canada21:18,422,796409,488
England21:27,859,030389,889
Belgium11:11,496,644167,539
Burkina Faso11:18,352,10030,051
Luxembourg11:580,54215,155
Portugal11:10,418,24125,048

N'Daw (59) may also be a first name.

N'Daw Surname Meaning

From Where Does The Surname Originate? meaning and history

This surname has been adopted by members of the Senegalese Ndaw clan. The clan's totem is the hare, which clan members are prohibited from harming. It is believed that members of the clan become hares when they die.

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N'Daw Last Name Facts

Where Does The Last Name N'Daw Come From? nationality or country of origin

The surname N'Daw (Hassaniya-Arabic: ﺍﻧﻀﻮ) has its highest incidence in Mauritania. It may also appear as a variant:. For other possible spellings of this surname click here.

How Common Is The Last Name N'Daw? popularity and diffusion

It is the 169,295th most widely held surname internationally. It is borne by around 1 in 2,857,861 people. N'Daw occurs mostly in Africa, where 90 percent of N'Daw live; 89 percent live in West Africa and 55 percent live in Senegambia Africa. It is also the 1,282,666th most commonly occurring first name globally It is held by 59 people.

The surname is most common in Mauritania, where it is borne by 1,387 people, or 1 in 2,952. In Mauritania N'Daw is mostly concentrated in: Nouakchott-Sud Region, where 25 percent reside, Trarza Region, where 20 percent reside and Gorgol Region, where 18 percent reside. Without taking into account Mauritania this surname is found in 14 countries. It is also found in Mali, where 28 percent reside and The Ivory Coast, where 8 percent reside.

Phonetically Similar Names

SurnameSimilarityWorldwide IncidencePrevalency
N'Dawe912/
Ndaw8920,007/
Ndawe80420/
N'Dow8024/
Ndawp801/
Ndahwt7322/
Ndaiwe733/
Ndauwe732/
N'Dowe731/
N'Dhow731/
Ndeawe731/
Hndawe731/
Ndow6711,201/
Ndab67331/
Ndaf67249/
Ndav678/
Ndahawe671/
Ndowa603,945/
Ndowe60999/
Ndafe6075/
Ndova6043/
Ndaph6039/
Ndaaf6010/
Ndaab607/
Ndhav606/
Nddaf602/
Ndhaf602/
Hndab601/
Ndouw601/
Ndouwe55476/
Ndaffe559/
N'Douf556/
Ndasdf551/
Ndhafe551/
Ndhaph551/
N'Doufe501/

N'Daw Name Transliterations

TransliterationICU LatinPercentage of Incidence
N'Daw in the Hassaniya-Arabic language
ﺍﻧﻀﻮandw47.97
ﺍﻧﺪﺍﻭandaw19.77
ﺍﻧﻀﺎﻭandaw11.34
ﺍﻧﺪﻭandw9.59
ﺃﻧﻀﻮandw5.23
ﺃﻧﺪﺍﻭandaw2.33
ﺃﻧﺪﻭandw0.87
ﺃﻧﻀﺎﻭandaw0.29
ﻧﻴﺪﺍﻭnydaw0.29
ﺍﻧﻀﺄﻭandaw0.29
ﺍﻧﺠﺎﻭanjaw0.29
ﺇﻧﻀﻮandw0.29
ﺁﻧﺪﺍﻭandaw0.29
ﺍﻧﺪﻭﻭandww0.29

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