Saadou Surname
Approximately 42,293 people bear this surname
Saadou Surname Distribution Map
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| Niger | 32,069 | 1:598 | 97 |
| Syria | 5,480 | 1:3,522 | 415 |
| Algeria | 2,397 | 1:16,117 | 2,916 |
| Lebanon | 725 | 1:7,775 | 1,229 |
| Morocco | 613 | 1:56,242 | 9,319 |
| United Arab Emirates | 323 | 1:28,366 | 3,135 |
| Benin | 272 | 1:37,999 | 4,906 |
| Iraq | 204 | 1:171,675 | 4,240 |
| Cameroon | 108 | 1:192,306 | 19,984 |
| Mauritania | 33 | 1:124,087 | 7,273 |
| Iran | 13 | 1:5,906,348 | 134,214 |
| Jordan | 7 | 1:1,263,205 | 16,935 |
| Ivory Coast | 6 | 1:3,845,205 | 48,272 |
| Burkina Faso | 6 | 1:3,058,683 | 18,466 |
| Sweden | 6 | 1:1,641,126 | 116,183 |
| Turkey | 5 | 1:15,564,284 | 149,633 |
| Nigeria | 4 | 1:44,285,690 | 437,567 |
| Brazil | 4 | 1:53,518,583 | 632,670 |
| Sudan | 4 | 1:9,377,549 | 8,207 |
| Netherlands | 2 | 1:8,443,588 | 136,641 |
| United States | 2 | 1:181,229,466 | 1,556,795 |
| Senegal | 1 | 1:14,579,342 | 11,705 |
| Saudi Arabia | 1 | 1:30,855,817 | 63,028 |
| Tanzania | 1 | 1:52,941,613 | 123,716 |
| Togo | 1 | 1:7,247,768 | 12,049 |
| Tunisia | 1 | 1:610,626 | 30,336 |
| Kuwait | 1 | 1:3,800,694 | 27,187 |
| Germany | 1 | 1:80,505,459 | 560,955 |
| Chad | 1 | 1:13,592,199 | 13,092 |
| Yemen | 1 | 1:26,425,294 | 55,147 |
| Zambia | 1 | 1:15,849,922 | 53,989 |
The alternate forms: Saãdou (109) & Saâdou (19) are calculated separately.
Saadou (34,358) may also be a first name.
Saadou Demographics
Saadou Religious Adherence
in Lebanon
Religious Adherence
in Lebanon
Saadou Last Name Facts
Where Does The Last Name Saadou Come From? nationality or country of origin
The surname Saadou (Hassaniya-Arabic: ﺳﻌﺪﻭ) has its highest incidence in Niger. It may also occur as a variant: Saãdou or Saâdou. Click here for other possible spellings of Saadou.
How Common Is The Last Name Saadou? popularity and diffusion
The surname is the 13,243rd most prevalent surname world-wide, borne by approximately 1 in 172,311 people. It is mostly found in Africa, where 84 percent of Saadou reside; 77 percent reside in West Africa and 76 percent reside in Chadic Africa. It is also the 25,079th most frequent first name internationally It is held by 34,358 people.
The last name Saadou is most numerous in Niger, where it is carried by 32,069 people, or 1 in 598. In Niger Saadou is most common in: Maradi Region, where 47 percent live, Tahoua Region, where 22 percent live and Zinder Region, where 10 percent live. Not including Niger it is found in 30 countries. It is also common in Syria, where 13 percent live and Algeria, where 6 percent live.
Saadou Last Name Statistics demography
The religious adherence of those bearing the last name is chiefly Sunni (84%) in Lebanon.
Phonetically Similar Names
Saadou Name Transliterations
| Transliteration | ICU Latin | Percentage of Incidence |
|---|---|---|
| Saadou in the Hassaniya-Arabic language | ||
| ﺳﻌﺪﻭ | sdw | 83.33 |
| ﺳﻌﺪ | sd | 5.56 |
| ﺳﻌﺎﺩ | sad | 5.56 |
| ﺍﻟﺴﻌﺪ | alsd | 5.56 |
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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
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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 Saadou
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