Waddou Surname
Approximately 49 people bear this surname
Waddou Surname Distribution Map
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| Mauritania | 16 | 1:255,929 | 11,901 |
| Niger | 13 | 1:1,476,309 | 30,154 |
| Cameroon | 10 | 1:2,076,907 | 105,188 |
| Senegal | 10 | 1:1,457,934 | 3,873 |
Waddou (36) may also be a first name.
Waddou Last Name Facts
Where Does The Last Name Waddou Come From? nationality or country of origin
The surname Waddou (Hassaniya-Arabic: ﻭﺍﺩﻭ) is borne by more people in Mauritania than any other country or territory. It can be rendered in the variant forms:. For other possible spellings of this surname click here.
How Common Is The Last Name Waddou? popularity and diffusion
The last name Waddou is the 2,776,799th most commonly used last name on earth, held by around 1 in 148,725,427 people. The last name is primarily found in Africa, where 100 percent of Waddou live; 100 percent live in West Africa and 53 percent live in Senegambia Africa. Waddou is also the 1,717,090th most frequently held first name globally, borne by 36 people.
The last name Waddou is most common in Mauritania, where it is borne by 16 people, or 1 in 255,929. In Mauritania Waddou is mostly concentrated in: Gorgol Region, where 81 percent reside, Brakna Region, where 6 percent reside and Nouakchott-Sud Region, where 6 percent reside. Besides Mauritania this surname is found in 3 countries. It also occurs in Niger, where 27 percent reside and Cameroon, where 20 percent reside.
Phonetically Similar Names
Waddou Name Transliterations
| Transliteration | ICU Latin | Percentage of Incidence |
|---|---|---|
| Waddou in the Hassaniya-Arabic language | ||
| ﻭﺍﺩﻭ | wadw | 66.67 |
| ﻭﺩﻭ | wdw | 33.33 |
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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 Waddou
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