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
The surname Wadou (Hassaniya-Arabic: ﻭﺍﺩﻭ) occurs most in Chad. It may occur as:. For other potential spellings of Wadou click here.
How Common Is The Last Name Wadou? popularity and diffusion
This last name is the 248,603rd most commonly occurring last name worldwide, held by approximately 1 in 4,560,417 people. The surname Wadou occurs predominantly in Africa, where 99 percent of Wadou reside; 72 percent reside in West Africa and 38 percent reside in Chadic Africa. It is also the 207,260th most frequently held first name at a global level It is held by 1,419 people.
The last name Wadou is most numerous in Chad, where it is borne by 481 people, or 1 in 28,258. Aside from Chad this last name is found in 14 countries. It is also found in Senegal, where 21 percent are found and Morocco, where 19 percent are found.
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
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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 Wadou
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