Naidoo Surname
Approximately 161,416 people bear this surname
Naidoo Surname Definition:
From Naitea, racial group in India (Telegu).
Naidoo Surname Distribution Map
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| South Africa | 153,887 | 1:352 | 13 |
| England | 1,827 | 1:30,497 | 4,087 |
| Australia | 1,264 | 1:21,357 | 2,961 |
| New Zealand | 811 | 1:5,584 | 909 |
| United States | 780 | 1:464,691 | 39,603 |
| Canada | 593 | 1:62,134 | 7,261 |
| Mauritius | 397 | 1:3,258 | 603 |
| Zimbabwe | 318 | 1:48,548 | 7,435 |
| United Arab Emirates | 210 | 1:43,630 | 4,433 |
| Saudi Arabia | 159 | 1:194,062 | 29,524 |
| Seychelles | 123 | 1:751 | 182 |
| Thailand | 107 | 1:660,171 | 110,844 |
| Trinidad and Tobago | 100 | 1:13,640 | 1,777 |
| Malaysia | 88 | 1:335,162 | 17,995 |
| Ireland | 73 | 1:64,506 | 4,193 |
| Hong Kong | 70 | 1:104,793 | 1,905 |
| Lesotho | 69 | 1:29,457 | 5,623 |
| Guyana | 58 | 1:13,142 | 1,824 |
| Scotland | 57 | 1:93,927 | 6,548 |
| India | 50 | 1:15,341,308 | 250,737 |
| France | 39 | 1:1,703,147 | 154,208 |
| Botswana | 33 | 1:66,271 | 11,607 |
| Singapore | 30 | 1:183,590 | 7,666 |
| Kuwait | 29 | 1:131,058 | 14,967 |
| Wales | 25 | 1:123,781 | 9,267 |
| Netherlands | 21 | 1:804,151 | 59,518 |
| Germany | 18 | 1:4,472,526 | 177,866 |
| Qatar | 16 | 1:147,375 | 16,023 |
| Switzerland | 14 | 1:586,637 | 40,624 |
| Mozambique | 9 | 1:3,029,063 | 2,946 |
| Norway | 8 | 1:642,786 | 47,258 |
| South Korea | 8 | 1:6,405,032 | 1,091 |
| Brazil | 8 | 1:26,759,292 | 405,030 |
| Oman | 6 | 1:614,662 | 6,082 |
| China | 6 | 1:227,886,928 | 11,701 |
| Namibia | 5 | 1:481,880 | 11,140 |
| Northern Ireland | 5 | 1:369,007 | 15,220 |
| Jersey | 5 | 1:19,840 | 3,614 |
| Iceland | 5 | 1:76,018 | 4,442 |
| Guernsey | 4 | 1:16,110 | 1,225 |
| Swaziland | 4 | 1:324,550 | 996 |
| Dominican Republic | 4 | 1:2,608,233 | 20,941 |
| DR Congo | 4 | 1:18,469,892 | 182,906 |
| Poland | 4 | 1:9,502,187 | 181,606 |
| Nigeria | 4 | 1:44,285,690 | 437,567 |
| Italy | 4 | 1:15,289,172 | 132,955 |
| Malta | 4 | 1:107,568 | 1,849 |
| Malawi | 4 | 1:4,279,777 | 24,060 |
| Libya | 4 | 1:1,560,994 | 3,087 |
| Uganda | 3 | 1:13,013,093 | 160,157 |
| Zambia | 3 | 1:5,283,307 | 43,479 |
| Czechia | 2 | 1:5,316,734 | 169,646 |
| Indonesia | 2 | 1:66,124,597 | 756,638 |
| Sweden | 2 | 1:4,923,378 | 241,212 |
| Turkey | 2 | 1:38,910,711 | 171,901 |
| Belgium | 2 | 1:5,748,322 | 130,559 |
| Philippines | 2 | 1:50,619,112 | 341,003 |
| Austria | 2 | 1:4,257,718 | 99,224 |
| Russia | 2 | 1:72,061,528 | 727,117 |
| Kazakhstan | 1 | 1:17,682,496 | 204,010 |
| Brunei | 1 | 1:418,731 | 3,893 |
| Tanzania | 1 | 1:52,941,613 | 123,716 |
| Bhutan | 1 | 1:616,039 | 1,715 |
| Argentina | 1 | 1:42,743,414 | 282,706 |
| Azerbaijan | 1 | 1:9,649,122 | 47,873 |
| Ukraine | 1 | 1:45,522,696 | 503,646 |
| Bahrain | 1 | 1:1,348,608 | 10,432 |
| Suriname | 1 | 1:552,616 | 9,664 |
| Colombia | 1 | 1:47,774,072 | 44,230 |
| Slovakia | 1 | 1:5,336,450 | 140,422 |
| Denmark | 1 | 1:5,644,715 | 93,155 |
| Egypt | 1 | 1:91,935,754 | 132,737 |
| Finland | 1 | 1:5,496,702 | 84,025 |
| Papua New Guinea | 1 | 1:8,153,717 | 181,784 |
| Pakistan | 1 | 1:178,643,885 | 213,220 |
| Greece | 1 | 1:11,079,790 | 145,225 |
| Isle of Man | 1 | 1:85,822 | 4,091 |
| Israel | 1 | 1:8,557,634 | 182,558 |
| Ivory Coast | 1 | 1:23,071,232 | 76,679 |
| Madagascar | 1 | 1:23,649,837 | 9,420 |
| Japan | 1 | 1:127,844,293 | 73,547 |
| Kenya | 1 | 1:46,179,900 | 103,372 |
The alternate forms: Naïdoo (1) are calculated separately.
Naidoo (166) may also be a first name.
Naidoo Surname Meaning
From Where Does The Surname Originate? meaning and history
From Naitea, racial group in India (Telegu).
Naidoo Demographics
Average Naidoo Salary in
United States
$50,850 USD
Per year
Average Salary in
United States
$43,149 USD
Per year
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Naidoo Last Name Facts
Where Does The Last Name Naidoo Come From? nationality or country of origin
The last name Naidoo (Hindi: नैडू) is found in South Africa more than any other country/territory. It can appear in the variant forms: Naïdoo. For other possible spellings of this surname click here.
How Common Is The Last Name Naidoo? popularity and diffusion
The last name is the 3,467th most commonly held surname world-wide, held by approximately 1 in 45,148 people. Naidoo is primarily found in Africa, where 96 percent of Naidoo reside; 96 percent reside in Southern Africa and 96 percent reside in South Bantu Africa. It is also the 710,504th most commonly occurring first name on earth It is held by 166 people.
The surname Naidoo is most commonly occurring in South Africa, where it is borne by 153,887 people, or 1 in 352. In South Africa it is mostly found in: KwaZulu-Natal, where 71 percent are found, Gauteng, where 20 percent are found and Western Cape, where 4 percent are found. Not including South Africa this last name exists in 81 countries. It is also common in England, where 1 percent are found and Australia, where 1 percent are found.
Naidoo Last Name Statistics demography
In The United States those holding the Naidoo last name are 31.72% more likely to be registered with the Democratic Party than The US average, with 84.95% being registered with the party.
The amount Naidoo earn in different countries varies greatly. In Norway they earn 32.19% less than the national average, earning 234,674 kr per year; in South Africa they earn 54.4% more than the national average, earning R 366,912 per year; in United States they earn 17.85% more than the national average, earning $50,850 USD per year and in Canada they earn 26.47% more than the national average, earning $62,833 CAD per year.
Phonetically Similar Names
Naidoo Name Transliterations
| Transliteration | ICU Latin | Percentage of Incidence |
|---|---|---|
| Naidoo in the Hindi language | ||
| नैडू | naidu | 50 |
| नाइडू | na'idu | 50 |
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Naidoo Reference & Research
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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
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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 Naidoo
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