Saidou Surname
Approximately 202,244 people bear this surname
Saidou Surname Distribution Map
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| Niger | 151,520 | 1:127 | 23 |
| Cameroon | 38,293 | 1:542 | 32 |
| Benin | 2,744 | 1:3,767 | 483 |
| Chad | 2,311 | 1:5,882 | 869 |
| Burkina Faso | 2,282 | 1:8,042 | 796 |
| Comoros | 1,459 | 1:514 | 79 |
| Morocco | 852 | 1:40,465 | 6,572 |
| United Arab Emirates | 776 | 1:11,807 | 1,463 |
| France | 528 | 1:125,801 | 19,137 |
| Togo | 420 | 1:17,257 | 5,159 |
| Mauritania | 368 | 1:11,127 | 1,120 |
| Ivory Coast | 289 | 1:79,831 | 4,359 |
| Algeria | 154 | 1:250,854 | 27,101 |
| Yemen | 56 | 1:471,880 | 10,658 |
| Senegal | 38 | 1:383,667 | 1,883 |
| United States | 33 | 1:10,983,604 | 436,696 |
| DR Congo | 27 | 1:2,736,280 | 122,818 |
| Papua New Guinea | 17 | 1:479,630 | 60,627 |
| Greece | 15 | 1:738,653 | 80,079 |
| Brazil | 8 | 1:26,759,292 | 405,030 |
| Canada | 6 | 1:6,140,932 | 260,641 |
| Lebanon | 6 | 1:939,514 | 16,645 |
| Guinea | 6 | 1:1,972,303 | 1,775 |
| England | 4 | 1:13,929,515 | 290,718 |
| Nigeria | 4 | 1:44,285,690 | 437,567 |
| Belgium | 4 | 1:2,874,161 | 111,046 |
| Italy | 3 | 1:20,385,563 | 143,117 |
| Turkey | 2 | 1:38,910,711 | 171,901 |
| Sweden | 2 | 1:4,923,378 | 241,212 |
| China | 2 | 1:683,660,783 | 30,601 |
| Central African Republic | 1 | 1:4,515,390 | 1,196 |
| Syria | 1 | 1:19,301,022 | 22,457 |
| Spain | 1 | 1:46,752,036 | 156,870 |
| South Korea | 1 | 1:51,240,256 | 8,015 |
| 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 |
| Congo | 1 | 1:4,989,096 | 34,171 |
| Mali | 1 | 1:16,969,035 | 4,067 |
| Malaysia | 1 | 1:29,494,225 | 409,885 |
| Liberia | 1 | 1:4,408,535 | 47,110 |
| Czechia | 1 | 1:10,633,469 | 206,023 |
| Haiti | 1 | 1:10,683,907 | 24,607 |
| Germany | 1 | 1:80,505,459 | 560,955 |
| Ethiopia | 1 | 1:97,546,262 | 29,669 |
The alternate forms: Saïdou (3,483) & Saîdou (138) are calculated separately.
Saidou (265,402) may also be a first name.
Saidou Demographics
Saidou Religious Adherence
in Lebanon
Religious Adherence
in Lebanon
Saidou Last Name Facts
Where Does The Last Name Saidou Come From? nationality or country of origin
The surname Saidou (Hassaniya-Arabic: ﺻﻴﺪﻭ) occurs more in Niger more than any other country/territory. It may be rendered as a variant: Saïdou or Saîdou. Click here for further potential spellings of this surname.
How Common Is The Last Name Saidou? popularity and diffusion
The last name is the 2,763rd most commonly occurring last name world-wide, held by approximately 1 in 36,033 people. This last name occurs mostly in Africa, where 99 percent of Saidou reside; 92 percent reside in West Africa and 81 percent reside in Chadic Africa. It is also the 3,965th most prevalent first name in the world. It is borne by 265,402 people.
This surname is most frequently used in Niger, where it is carried by 151,520 people, or 1 in 127. In Niger Saidou is most common in: Maradi Region, where 31 percent live, Zinder Region, where 21 percent live and Tahoua Region, where 21 percent live. Barring Niger Saidou occurs in 44 countries. It is also common in Cameroon, where 19 percent live and Benin, where 1 percent live.
Saidou Last Name Statistics demography
The religious adherence of those carrying the surname is chiefly Sunni (100%) in Lebanon.
The amount Saidou earn in different countries varies somewhat. In United States they earn 22.76% less than the national average, earning $33,327 USD per year and in Canada they earn 36.39% less than the national average, earning $31,603 CAD per year.
Phonetically Similar Names
Saidou Name Transliterations
| Transliteration | ICU Latin | Percentage of Incidence |
|---|---|---|
| Saidou in the Hassaniya-Arabic language | ||
| ﺻﻴﺪﻭ | sydw | 89.36 |
| ﺳﻌﻴﺪﻭ | sydw | 4.49 |
| ﺳﻴﺪﻭ | sydw | 2.19 |
| ﺻﺎﻳﺪﻭ | saydw | 0.75 |
| ﺳﺎﻋﻴﺪﻭ | saydw | 0.32 |
| ﺻﻴﺪﻭﺍ | sydwa | 0.16 |
| ﺳﺎﻋﻴﺪ | sayd | 0.11 |
| ﺳﺎﻳﺪﻭ | saydw | 0.11 |
| ﺳﺎﺋﺪﻭ | saydw | 0.05 |
| ﺍﺳﻌﻴﺪﻭ | asydw | 0.05 |
| ﺻﻴﻴﺪﻭ | syydw | 0.05 |
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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 Saidou
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