Seidou Surname
Approximately 27,453 people bear this surname
Seidou Surname Distribution Map
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| Benin | 15,878 | 1:651 | 63 |
| Niger | 4,702 | 1:4,082 | 389 |
| Togo | 2,625 | 1:2,761 | 382 |
| Chad | 2,311 | 1:5,882 | 869 |
| Cameroon | 966 | 1:21,500 | 2,933 |
| Ivory Coast | 815 | 1:28,308 | 1,961 |
| Burkina Faso | 31 | 1:592,003 | 7,564 |
| United States | 22 | 1:16,475,406 | 557,260 |
| DR Congo | 21 | 1:3,518,075 | 145,665 |
| Nigeria | 20 | 1:8,857,138 | 186,571 |
| France | 11 | 1:6,038,429 | 280,838 |
| Spain | 10 | 1:4,675,204 | 78,608 |
| Mauritania | 8 | 1:511,858 | 18,608 |
| Germany | 6 | 1:13,417,576 | 340,600 |
| Ethiopia | 4 | 1:24,386,566 | 19,165 |
| England | 4 | 1:13,929,515 | 290,718 |
| Sweden | 3 | 1:3,282,252 | 190,759 |
| Greece | 2 | 1:5,539,895 | 129,142 |
| Italy | 2 | 1:30,578,344 | 160,757 |
| Senegal | 2 | 1:7,289,671 | 8,117 |
| Gabon | 1 | 1:1,889,194 | 6,814 |
| Ireland | 1 | 1:4,708,939 | 29,543 |
| Ghana | 1 | 1:27,020,692 | 23,742 |
| Djibouti | 1 | 1:914,932 | 1,612 |
| Denmark | 1 | 1:5,644,715 | 93,155 |
| Canada | 1 | 1:36,845,591 | 464,108 |
| Sudan | 1 | 1:37,510,195 | 14,259 |
| Belgium | 1 | 1:11,496,644 | 167,539 |
| Tunisia | 1 | 1:610,626 | 30,336 |
| Algeria | 1 | 1:38,631,551 | 130,422 |
The alternate forms: Seïdou (2,954), Seîdou (250), Séidou (3) & Séïdou (2) are calculated separately.
Seidou (28,483) may also be a first name.
Seidou Demographics
Average Seidou Salary in
United States
$42,625 USD
Per year
Average Salary in
United States
$43,149 USD
Per year
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Seidou Last Name Facts
Where Does The Last Name Seidou Come From? nationality or country of origin
The last name Seidou (Hassaniya-Arabic: ﺻﻴﺪﻭ) occurs more in Benin more than any other country or territory. It may also be rendered as a variant: Seïdou, Seîdou, Séidou or Séïdou. Click here for further potential spellings of this last name.
How Common Is The Last Name Seidou? popularity and diffusion
This surname is the 19,927th most prevalent last name internationally, borne by approximately 1 in 265,455 people. The surname is mostly found in Africa, where 99 percent of Seidou live; 96 percent live in West Africa and 69 percent live in Atlantic-Niger Africa. Seidou is also the 29,025th most widely held first name worldwide, borne by 28,483 people.
The last name is most prevalent in Benin, where it is held by 15,878 people, or 1 in 651. In Benin Seidou is primarily found in: Borgou Department, where 36 percent live, Alibori Department, where 34 percent live and Atakora Department, where 11 percent live. Aside from Benin it exists in 29 countries. It also occurs in Niger, where 17 percent live and Togo, where 10 percent live.
Seidou Last Name Statistics demography
Seidou earn marginally less than the average income. In United States they earn 1.21% less than the national average, earning $42,625 USD per year.
Phonetically Similar Names
Seidou Name Transliterations
| Transliteration | ICU Latin | Percentage of Incidence |
|---|---|---|
| Seidou in the Hassaniya-Arabic language | ||
| ﺻﻴﺪﻭ | sydw | 77.22 |
| ﺳﻴﺪﻭ | sydw | 13.92 |
| ﺻﻴﺪ | syd | 2.53 |
| ﺍﺳﻴﺪﻭ | asydw | 1.27 |
| ﺻﻴﺪﻭﺍ | sydwa | 1.27 |
| ﺳﻌﻴﺪﻭ | sydw | 1.27 |
| ﺳﺎﻳﺪﻭ | saydw | 1.27 |
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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 Seidou
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