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 last name Sodou (Hassaniya-Arabic: ﺳﻮﺩﻭ) is found most frequently in Togo. It may also be rendered as a variant:. For other potential spellings of Sodou click here.
How Common Is The Last Name Sodou? popularity and diffusion
This last name is the 534,813th most commonly held surname on a worldwide basis, borne by around 1 in 12,085,482 people. Sodou is primarily found in Africa, where 100 percent of Sodou are found; 100 percent are found in West Africa and 99 percent are found in Atlantic-Niger Africa. It is also the 3,684,242nd most prevalent given name at a global level. It is borne by 10 people.
The last name is most numerous in Togo, where it is borne by 525 people, or 1 in 13,805. Excluding Togo Sodou exists in 8 countries. It also occurs in Benin, where 12 percent reside and Burkina Faso, where 0 percent reside.
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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