Vadou Surname
Approximately 159 people bear this surname
Vadou Surname Distribution Map
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| Mauritania | 142 | 1:28,837 | 2,412 |
| Cameroon | 16 | 1:1,298,067 | 76,941 |
| Ivory Coast | 1 | 1:23,071,232 | 76,679 |
Vadou (10) may also be a first name.
Vadou Last Name Facts
Where Does The Last Name Vadou Come From? nationality or country of origin
Vadou (Hassaniya-Arabic: ﻓﺎﺩﻭ) is found most in Mauritania. It may be rendered as a variant:. For other potential spellings of this name click here.
How Common Is The Last Name Vadou? popularity and diffusion
The last name is the 1,380,086th most prevalent surname throughout the world It is held by around 1 in 45,833,622 people. It is primarily found in Africa, where 100 percent of Vadou live; 99 percent live in West Africa and 89 percent live in Senegambia Africa. Vadou is also the 3,684,242nd most numerous first name worldwide It is held by 10 people.
The last name Vadou is most prevalent in Mauritania, where it is borne by 142 people, or 1 in 28,837. In Mauritania it is most numerous in: Hodh Chargui Region, where 52 percent are found, Assaba Region, where 27 percent are found and Nouakchott-Sud Region, where 9 percent are found. Not including Mauritania it is found in 2 countries. It also occurs in Cameroon, where 10 percent are found and The Ivory Coast, where 1 percent are found.
Phonetically Similar Names
Vadou Name Transliterations
| Transliteration | ICU Latin | Percentage of Incidence |
|---|---|---|
| Vadou in the Hassaniya-Arabic language | ||
| ﻓﺎﺩﻭ | fadw | 97.37 |
| ﻓﺎﺩﻭﻩ | fadwh | 2.63 |
Search for Another Surname
The name statistics are still in development, sign up for information on more maps and data
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 Vadou
- To find out more about this surname's family history, lookup records on FamilySearch, MyHeritage, FindMyPast and Ancestry. Further information may be obtained by DNA analysis