Wadou Surname
Approximately 1,598 people bear this surname
Wadou Surname Distribution Map
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| Chad | 481 | 1:28,258 | 3,335 |
| Senegal | 336 | 1:43,391 | 758 |
| Morocco | 307 | 1:112,300 | 19,480 |
| Cameroon | 209 | 1:99,374 | 11,757 |
| Mauritania | 115 | 1:35,608 | 2,839 |
| Niger | 104 | 1:184,539 | 6,420 |
| Benin | 24 | 1:430,650 | 30,545 |
| France | 10 | 1:6,642,272 | 293,169 |
| United States | 4 | 1:90,614,733 | 1,198,479 |
| Indonesia | 3 | 1:44,083,065 | 698,220 |
| Algeria | 1 | 1:38,631,551 | 130,422 |
| Burkina Faso | 1 | 1:18,352,100 | 30,051 |
| China | 1 | 1:1,367,321,566 | 51,149 |
| DR Congo | 1 | 1:73,879,570 | 260,543 |
| Ivory Coast | 1 | 1:23,071,232 | 76,679 |
Wadou (1,419) may also be a first name.
Wadou Last Name Facts
Where Does The Last Name Wadou Come From? nationality or country of origin
Wadou (Hassaniya-Arabic: ﻭﺍﺩﻭ) occurs most in Chad. It may also occur as:. Click here for further possible spellings of this last name.
How Common Is The Last Name Wadou? popularity and diffusion
The surname Wadou is the 248,603rd most frequently held surname world-wide, held by around 1 in 4,560,417 people. It occurs mostly in Africa, where 99 percent of Wadou reside; 72 percent reside in West Africa and 38 percent reside in Chadic Africa. Wadou is also the 207,260th most frequently held first name globally. It is borne by 1,419 people.
The last name is most commonly held in Chad, where it is borne by 481 people, or 1 in 28,258. Beside Chad it occurs in 14 countries. It also occurs in Senegal, where 21 percent reside and Morocco, where 19 percent reside.
Phonetically Similar Names
Wadou Name Transliterations
| Transliteration | ICU Latin | Percentage of Incidence |
|---|---|---|
| Wadou in the Hassaniya-Arabic language | ||
| ﻭﺍﺩﻭ | wadw | 71.05 |
| ﻭﺩﻭ | wdw | 26.32 |
| ﻭﺍﺩ | wad | 2.63 |
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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 Wadou
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