Saîdou Surname
Approximately 138 people bear this surname
Saîdou Surname Distribution Map
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| Benin | 104 | 1:99,381 | 11,308 |
| Niger | 20 | 1:959,601 | 21,357 |
| Mauritania | 7 | 1:584,980 | 20,004 |
| Cameroon | 6 | 1:3,461,511 | 126,814 |
| Chad | 1 | 1:13,592,199 | 13,092 |
The alternate forms: Saidou (202,244) & Saïdou (3,483) are calculated separately.
Saîdou (367) may also be a first name.
Saîdou Last Name Facts
Where Does The Last Name Saîdou Come From? nationality or country of origin
Saîdou is carried by more people in Benin than any other country or territory. It may appear in the variant forms: Saidou or Saïdou. Click here for other possible spellings of this surname.
How Common Is The Last Name Saîdou? popularity and diffusion
Saîdou is the 1,511,557th most commonly occurring family name on a worldwide basis. It is borne by around 1 in 52,808,304 people. The last name occurs mostly in Africa, where 100 percent of Saîdou are found; 100 percent are found in West Africa and 75 percent are found in Atlantic-Niger Africa. Saîdou is also the 453,982nd most prevalent first name on earth It is held by 367 people.
This last name is most commonly held in Benin, where it is borne by 104 people, or 1 in 99,381. In Benin Saîdou is most prevalent in: Alibori Department, where 44 percent reside, Borgou Department, where 25 percent reside and Atakora Department, where 23 percent reside. Not including Benin this surname is found in 4 countries. It is also found in Niger, where 14 percent reside and Mauritania, where 5 percent reside.
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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 Saîdou
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