Sodou Surname
Approximately 603 people bear this surname
Sodou Surname Distribution Map
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| Togo | 525 | 1:13,805 | 3,854 |
| Benin | 71 | 1:145,572 | 15,253 |
| Burkina Faso | 1 | 1:18,352,100 | 30,051 |
| Cameroon | 1 | 1:20,769,068 | 227,406 |
| Ivory Coast | 1 | 1:23,071,232 | 76,679 |
| Mauritania | 1 | 1:4,094,863 | 38,869 |
| Niger | 1 | 1:19,192,017 | 110,060 |
| Nigeria | 1 | 1:177,142,758 | 748,972 |
| Pakistan | 1 | 1:178,643,885 | 213,220 |
Sodou (10) may also be a first name.
Sodou Last Name Facts
Where Does The Last Name Sodou Come From? nationality or country of origin
The surname Sodou (Hassaniya-Arabic: ﺳﻮﺩﻭ) occurs in Togo more than any other country/territory. It may be rendered as a variant:. Click here for further possible spellings of this name.
How Common Is The Last Name Sodou? popularity and diffusion
This surname is the 534,813th most numerous surname world-wide. It is borne by approximately 1 in 12,085,482 people. The last name Sodou occurs predominantly in Africa, where 100 percent of Sodou reside; 100 percent reside in West Africa and 99 percent reside in Atlantic-Niger Africa. Sodou is also the 3,684,242nd most widespread forename internationally It is held by 10 people.
It is most widely held in Togo, where it is borne by 525 people, or 1 in 13,805. Other than Togo this last name occurs in 8 countries. It is also common in Benin, where 12 percent are found and Burkina Faso, where 0 percent are found.
Phonetically Similar Names
Sodou Name Transliterations
| Transliteration | ICU Latin | Percentage of Incidence |
|---|---|---|
| Sodou in the Hassaniya-Arabic language | ||
| ﺳﻮﺩﻭ | swdw | - |
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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 Sodou
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