Sopodou Surname
Approximately 461 people bear this surname
Sopodou Surname Distribution Map
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| Benin | 438 | 1:23,597 | 3,174 |
| Niger | 21 | 1:913,906 | 20,544 |
| Burkina Faso | 2 | 1:9,176,050 | 23,741 |
Sopodou (49) may also be a first name.
Sopodou Last Name Facts
Where Does The Last Name Sopodou Come From? nationality or country of origin
The surname Sopodou is found in Benin more than any other country or territory. It may be rendered as a variant:. Click here for other potential spellings of this surname.
How Common Is The Last Name Sopodou? popularity and diffusion
Sopodou is the 654,010th most frequent last name on a worldwide basis. It is borne by approximately 1 in 15,808,126 people. The last name occurs predominantly in Africa, where 100 percent of Sopodou are found; 100 percent are found in West Africa and 95 percent are found in Atlantic-Niger Africa. It is also the 1,430,306th most commonly used first name world-wide. It is borne by 49 people.
The surname is most frequently used in Benin, where it is carried by 438 people, or 1 in 23,597. In Benin Sopodou is primarily found in: Borgou Department, where 74 percent are found, Alibori Department, where 17 percent are found and Donga Department, where 5 percent are found. Other than Benin it exists in 2 countries. It is also found in Niger, where 5 percent are found and Burkina Faso, where 0 percent are found.
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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 Sopodou
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