Saadu Surname
Approximately 91,263 people bear this surname
Saadu Surname Distribution Map
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| Nigeria | 90,405 | 1:1,959 | 261 |
| India | 652 | 1:1,176,481 | 47,489 |
| Indonesia | 95 | 1:1,392,097 | 95,389 |
| Pakistan | 38 | 1:4,701,155 | 31,402 |
| England | 14 | 1:3,979,861 | 125,553 |
| Tanzania | 9 | 1:5,882,401 | 60,754 |
| Ghana | 9 | 1:3,002,299 | 11,581 |
| Malaysia | 8 | 1:3,686,778 | 134,908 |
| United States | 7 | 1:51,779,848 | 968,877 |
| United Arab Emirates | 4 | 1:2,290,568 | 60,372 |
| Uganda | 4 | 1:9,759,820 | 144,676 |
| Niger | 4 | 1:4,798,004 | 75,547 |
| Afghanistan | 2 | 1:16,076,592 | 43,178 |
| Wales | 1 | 1:3,094,532 | 44,023 |
| Saudi Arabia | 1 | 1:30,855,817 | 63,028 |
| Russia | 1 | 1:144,123,056 | 881,408 |
| Norway | 1 | 1:5,142,286 | 129,201 |
| Morocco | 1 | 1:34,476,099 | 111,471 |
| Israel | 1 | 1:8,557,634 | 182,558 |
| Iceland | 1 | 1:380,090 | 11,096 |
| Finland | 1 | 1:5,496,702 | 84,025 |
| Ethiopia | 1 | 1:97,546,262 | 29,669 |
| Egypt | 1 | 1:91,935,754 | 132,737 |
| DR Congo | 1 | 1:73,879,570 | 260,543 |
| Bolivia | 1 | 1:10,616,434 | 17,077 |
The alternate forms: Saádu (1) are calculated separately.
Saadu (67,155) may also be a first name.
Saadu Demographics
Saadu Religious Adherence
in Nigeria
Religious Adherence
in Nigeria
Saadu Last Name Facts
Where Does The Last Name Saadu Come From? nationality or country of origin
The surname Saadu (Marathi: संाडु) is found in Nigeria more than any other country/territory. It can also be rendered in the variant forms: Saádu. Click here for further possible spellings of this surname.
How Common Is The Last Name Saadu? popularity and diffusion
The surname Saadu is the 6,205th most frequently used family name on earth, held by approximately 1 in 79,852 people. The surname occurs predominantly in Africa, where 99 percent of Saadu reside; 99 percent reside in West Africa and 99 percent reside in Atlantic-Niger Africa. Saadu is also the 14,382nd most widespread first name on earth, borne by 67,155 people.
The surname Saadu is most commonly used in Nigeria, where it is held by 90,405 people, or 1 in 1,959. In Nigeria Saadu is primarily concentrated in: Katsina, where 17 percent reside, Kano, where 14 percent reside and Zamfara, where 9 percent reside. Apart from Nigeria this surname occurs in 24 countries. It is also common in India, where 1 percent reside and Indonesia, where 0 percent reside.
Saadu Last Name Statistics demography
The religious adherence of those holding the Saadu surname is predominantly Muslim (97%) in Nigeria.
Phonetically Similar Names
Saadu Name Transliterations
| Transliteration | ICU Latin | Percentage of Incidence |
|---|---|---|
| Saadu in the Marathi language | ||
| संाडु | samadu | 43.59 |
| सादु | sadu | 17.95 |
| संाडू | samadu | 15.38 |
| सादू | sadu | 5.13 |
| साडू | sadu | 5.13 |
| साजद | sajada | 5.13 |
| सैादु | saiadu | 2.56 |
| सांाडू | samadu | 2.56 |
| मदु | madu | 2.56 |
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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 Saadu
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