Vodou Surname
Approximately 24 people bear this surname
Vodou Surname Distribution Map
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| Cameroon | 12 | 1:1,730,756 | 92,157 |
| Benin | 11 | 1:939,600 | 46,216 |
| Togo | 1 | 1:7,247,768 | 12,049 |
Vodou (34) may also be a first name.
Vodou Last Name Facts
Where Does The Last Name Vodou Come From? nationality or country of origin
The last name Vodou occurs more in Cameroon more than any other country or territory. It can also be found as a variant:. For other potential spellings of Vodou click here.
How Common Is The Last Name Vodou? popularity and diffusion
This last name is the 4,034,050th most frequently occurring surname on a global scale, borne by approximately 1 in 303,647,746 people. Vodou is predominantly found in Africa, where 100 percent of Vodou are found; 96 percent are found in West Africa and 50 percent are found in Atlantic-Niger Africa. It is also the 1,775,424th most frequently held first name globally. It is borne by 34 people.
Vodou is most frequently occurring in Cameroon, where it is held by 12 people, or 1 in 1,730,756. In Cameroon Vodou is mostly found in: North Region, where 83 percent live, Centre Region, where 8 percent live and Far North Region, where 8 percent live. Excluding Cameroon it exists in 2 countries. It is also common in Benin, where 46 percent live and Togo, where 4 percent live.
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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 Vodou
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