Saydou Surname
Approximately 2,148 people bear this surname
Saydou Surname Distribution Map
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| Niger | 1,806 | 1:10,627 | 802 |
| Burkina Faso | 116 | 1:158,208 | 3,924 |
| Cameroon | 93 | 1:223,323 | 22,423 |
| Mauritania | 65 | 1:62,998 | 4,372 |
| Benin | 33 | 1:313,200 | 25,349 |
| Ivory Coast | 24 | 1:961,301 | 23,927 |
| Tanzania | 4 | 1:13,235,403 | 84,310 |
| Liberia | 2 | 1:2,204,268 | 40,131 |
| Belgium | 1 | 1:11,496,644 | 167,539 |
| Denmark | 1 | 1:5,644,715 | 93,155 |
| Senegal | 1 | 1:14,579,342 | 11,705 |
| Ukraine | 1 | 1:45,522,696 | 503,646 |
| United States | 1 | 1:362,458,933 | 1,988,048 |
Saydou (10,136) may also be a first name.
Saydou Last Name Facts
Where Does The Last Name Saydou Come From? nationality or country of origin
Saydou (Hassaniya-Arabic: ﺻﻴﺪﻭ) is held by more people in Niger than any other country or territory. It may also be found as a variant:. For other potential spellings of this name click here.
How Common Is The Last Name Saydou? popularity and diffusion
The surname is the 195,367th most common surname on a global scale It is held by around 1 in 3,392,712 people. Saydou is predominantly found in Africa, where 99 percent of Saydou reside; 97 percent reside in West Africa and 84 percent reside in Chadic Africa. It is also the 60,680th most frequently used first name throughout the world It is held by 10,136 people.
The surname is most numerous in Niger, where it is borne by 1,806 people, or 1 in 10,627. In Niger Saydou is most numerous in: Tillabéri Region, where 36 percent reside, Dosso Region, where 28 percent reside and Niamey Capital District, where 11 percent reside. Barring Niger it exists in 12 countries. It is also common in Burkina Faso, where 5 percent reside and Cameroon, where 4 percent reside.
Phonetically Similar Names
Saydou Name Transliterations
| Transliteration | ICU Latin | Percentage of Incidence |
|---|---|---|
| Saydou in the Hassaniya-Arabic language | ||
| ﺻﻴﺪﻭ | sydw | 74.58 |
| ﺻﺎﻳﺪﻭ | saydw | 8.47 |
| ﺳﻴﺪﻭ | sydw | 8.47 |
| ﺻﻴﺪ | syd | 5.08 |
| ﺳﻌﻴﺪﻭ | sydw | 3.39 |
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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 Saydou
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