Saïdou Surname
Approximately 3,483 people bear this surname
Saïdou Surname Distribution Map
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| Chad | 2,022 | 1:6,722 | 968 |
| Benin | 919 | 1:11,247 | 1,539 |
| Niger | 484 | 1:39,653 | 2,128 |
| Cameroon | 25 | 1:830,763 | 57,125 |
| Mauritania | 23 | 1:178,038 | 9,291 |
| Switzerland | 5 | 1:1,642,583 | 87,307 |
| Comoros | 1 | 1:749,524 | 685 |
| Guinea | 1 | 1:11,833,817 | 3,268 |
| Ivory Coast | 1 | 1:23,071,232 | 76,679 |
| Morocco | 1 | 1:34,476,099 | 111,471 |
| Norway | 1 | 1:5,142,286 | 129,201 |
The alternate forms: Saidou (202,244) & Saîdou (138) are calculated separately.
Saïdou (11,970) may also be a first name.
Saïdou Last Name Facts
Where Does The Last Name Saïdou Come From? nationality or country of origin
Saïdou is most common in Chad. It can appear in the variant forms: Saidou or Saîdou. For other possible spellings of this surname click here.
How Common Is The Last Name Saïdou? popularity and diffusion
It is the 129,961st most frequently occurring family name on earth, held by approximately 1 in 2,092,319 people. The surname is predominantly found in Africa, where 100 percent of Saïdou are found; 100 percent are found in West Africa and 72 percent are found in Chadic Africa. Saïdou is also the 54,273rd most frequently held first name internationally, held by 11,970 people.
The surname Saïdou is most frequent in Chad, where it is carried by 2,022 people, or 1 in 6,722. Without taking into account Chad Saïdou occurs in 10 countries. It also occurs in Benin, where 26 percent live and Niger, where 14 percent live.
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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 Saïdou
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