Sedou Surname
Approximately 2,325 people bear this surname
Sedou Surname Distribution Map
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| Togo | 1,575 | 1:4,602 | 829 |
| Benin | 242 | 1:42,709 | 5,480 |
| Ivory Coast | 219 | 1:105,348 | 5,399 |
| Niger | 158 | 1:121,468 | 4,736 |
| Cameroon | 72 | 1:288,459 | 27,220 |
| DR Congo | 27 | 1:2,736,280 | 122,818 |
| France | 13 | 1:5,109,440 | 259,941 |
| South Africa | 7 | 1:7,739,672 | 177,858 |
| Russia | 4 | 1:36,030,764 | 577,589 |
| Belgium | 2 | 1:5,748,322 | 130,559 |
| Algeria | 1 | 1:38,631,551 | 130,422 |
| Burkina Faso | 1 | 1:18,352,100 | 30,051 |
| Chad | 1 | 1:13,592,199 | 13,092 |
| India | 1 | 1:767,065,382 | 1,851,717 |
| Kazakhstan | 1 | 1:17,682,496 | 204,010 |
| Liberia | 1 | 1:4,408,535 | 47,110 |
The alternate forms: Sédou (1) are calculated separately.
Sedou (3,476) may also be a first name.
Sedou Demographics
Average Sedou Salary in
South Africa
R 35,184
Per year
Average Salary in
South Africa
R 237,638
Per year
Sedou Last Name Facts
Where Does The Last Name Sedou Come From? nationality or country of origin
The surname Sedou (Hassaniya-Arabic: ﺳﺪﻭ, Hindi: सेदौ, Russian: Сэдоу) occurs in Togo more than any other country/territory. It may also appear as a variant: Sédou. For other possible spellings of this name click here.
How Common Is The Last Name Sedou? popularity and diffusion
This last name is the 182,743rd most common family name world-wide, held by around 1 in 3,134,428 people. The surname Sedou occurs mostly in Africa, where 96 percent of Sedou live; 92 percent live in West Africa and 85 percent live in Atlantic-Niger Africa. It is also the 120,531st most commonly held first name throughout the world, borne by 3,476 people.
This surname is most frequent in Togo, where it is held by 1,575 people, or 1 in 4,602. Not including Togo it occurs in 15 countries. It is also common in Benin, where 10 percent are found and The Ivory Coast, where 9 percent are found.
Sedou Last Name Statistics demography
Sedou earn less than half the average income. In South Africa they earn 85.19% less than the national average, earning R 35,184 per year.
Phonetically Similar Names
Sedou Name Transliterations
| Transliteration | ICU Latin | Percentage of Incidence |
|---|---|---|
| Sedou in the Hassaniya-Arabic language | ||
| ﺳﺪﻭ | sdw | - |
| Sedou in the Hindi language | ||
| सेदौ | sedau | - |
| Sedou in the Russian language | ||
| Сэдоу | sedou | - |
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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 Sedou
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