Ndaw Surname

26,849th
Most Common
surname in the World

Approximately 20,007 people bear this surname

Most prevalent in:
Senegal
Highest density in:
Senegal

Ndaw 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.

Ndaw Surname Distribution Map

PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
Senegal18,3181:796105
Mali6451:26,309898
Mauritania1811:22,6242,002
Morocco1701:202,80134,956
Saudi Arabia1591:194,06229,524
United States1171:3,097,940179,693
France1071:620,77381,454
Spain1011:462,89123,948
Nigeria851:2,084,03272,421
DR Congo341:2,172,929106,971
Brazil161:13,379,646256,605
Qatar121:196,50026,891
Sweden101:984,67673,605
Canada91:4,093,955205,175
England71:7,959,723202,100
Belgium51:2,299,329106,824
Germany51:16,101,092397,699
United Arab Emirates41:2,290,56860,372
Italy41:15,289,172132,955
India31:255,688,4611,306,352
Ivory Coast31:7,690,41157,263
China11:1,367,321,56651,149
Thailand11:70,638,3451,175,915
Burkina Faso11:18,352,10030,051
South Africa11:54,177,704343,732
Cameroon11:20,769,068227,406
Norway11:5,142,286129,201
Guinea11:11,833,8173,268
Netherlands11:16,887,176156,465
Gambia11:1,923,4511,043
Malaysia11:29,494,225409,885
Iceland11:380,09011,096
Guinea-Bissau11:1,728,021323

Ndaw (88) may also be a first name.

Ndaw 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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Ndaw Last Name Facts

Where Does The Last Name Ndaw Come From? nationality or country of origin

The surname Ndaw (Hassaniya-Arabic: ﺍﻧﻀﻮ) occurs most in Senegal. It may be found as:. For other potential spellings of this name click here.

How Common Is The Last Name Ndaw? popularity and diffusion

The surname Ndaw is the 26,849th most commonly occurring surname globally It is held by around 1 in 364,250 people. The last name occurs mostly in Africa, where 97 percent of Ndaw live; 96 percent live in West Africa and 92 percent live in Senegambia Africa. It is also the 1,017,994th most numerous first name world-wide. It is borne by 88 people.

Ndaw is most frequent in Senegal, where it is carried by 18,318 people, or 1 in 796. In Senegal Ndaw is most numerous in: Dakar Region, where 38 percent are found, Thiès Region, where 13 percent are found and Diourbel Region, where 12 percent are found. Besides Senegal it occurs in 32 countries. It is also found in Mali, where 3 percent are found and Mauritania, where 1 percent are found.

Ndaw Last Name Statistics demography

In The United States those bearing the Ndaw last name are 46.77% more likely to be registered with the Democratic Party than the national average, with 100% being registered with the political party.

Ndaw earn significantly less than the average income. In United States they earn 28.17% less than the national average, earning $30,992 USD per year.

Phonetically Similar Names

SurnameSimilarityWorldwide IncidencePrevalency
N'Daw892,550/
Ndawe89420/
Ndawp891/
Ndahwt8022/
Ndaiwe803/
Ndauwe802/
N'Dawe802/
Ndeawe801/
Hndawe801/
Ndow7511,201/
Ndab75331/
Ndaf75249/
Ndav758/
Ndahawe731/
Ndowa673,945/
Ndowe67999/
Ndafe6775/
Ndova6743/
Ndaph6739/
N'Dow6724/
Ndaaf6710/
Ndaab677/
Ndhav676/
Nddaf672/
Ndhaf672/
Hndab671/
Ndouw671/
Ndouwe60476/
Ndaffe609/
Ndasdf601/
N'Dowe601/
Ndhafe601/
Ndhaph601/
N'Dhow601/
Ndob5083/
Ndov503/
Ndof501/

Ndaw Name Transliterations

TransliterationICU LatinPercentage of Incidence
Ndaw in the Hassaniya-Arabic language
ﺍﻧﻀﻮandw27.27
ﺍﻧﺪﺍﻭandaw22.73
ﺍﻧﺪﻭandw22.73
ﺍﻧﻀﺎﻭandaw11.36
ﺍﻧﻀﺄﻭandaw6.82
ﺃﻧﻀﻮandw4.55
ﺃﻧﺪﻭandw2.27
ﻧﻴﺪﺍﻭnydaw2.27

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