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 borne by more people in Niger than any other country/territory. It may occur in the variant forms:. Click here for other potential spellings of this surname.
How Common Is The Last Name Saydou? popularity and diffusion
It is the 195,367th most frequent family name internationally, held by approximately 1 in 3,392,712 people. This surname occurs predominantly in Africa, where 99 percent of Saydou reside; 97 percent reside in West Africa and 84 percent reside in Chadic Africa. Saydou is also the 60,680th most prevalent given name world-wide, borne by 10,136 people.
The surname Saydou is most commonly used in Niger, where it is borne by 1,806 people, or 1 in 10,627. In Niger it is primarily concentrated in: Tillabéri Region, where 36 percent reside, Dosso Region, where 28 percent reside and Niamey Capital District, where 11 percent reside. Excluding 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
- Heatmap: Dark red means there is a higher occurrence of the name, transitioning to light yellow signifies a progressively lower occurrence. Clicking on selected countries will show mapping at a regional level
- 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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