Wandou Surname
Approximately 239 people bear this surname
Wandou Surname Distribution Map
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| Niger | 113 | 1:169,841 | 6,089 |
| Mauritania | 84 | 1:48,748 | 3,603 |
| Cameroon | 24 | 1:865,378 | 58,754 |
| Benin | 14 | 1:738,257 | 40,906 |
| China | 3 | 1:455,773,855 | 21,925 |
| Ivory Coast | 1 | 1:23,071,232 | 76,679 |
Wandou (1,394) may also be a first name.
Wandou Last Name Facts
Where Does The Last Name Wandou Come From? nationality or country of origin
The last name Wandou (Hassaniya-Arabic: ﻭﺍﻧﺪﻭ) is held by more people in Niger than any other country/territory. It can appear in the variant forms:. Click here for other potential spellings of Wandou.
How Common Is The Last Name Wandou? popularity and diffusion
The last name is the 1,048,281st most common family name on a global scale. It is borne by around 1 in 30,491,824 people. Wandou is predominantly found in Africa, where 99 percent of Wandou reside; 94 percent reside in West Africa and 51 percent reside in Chadic Africa. It is also the 209,511th most frequently held first name globally, borne by 1,394 people.
This surname is most prevalent in Niger, where it is borne by 113 people, or 1 in 169,841. In Niger it is mostly found in: Tillabéri Region, where 59 percent are found, Maradi Region, where 19 percent are found and Zinder Region, where 8 percent are found. Aside from Niger this last name occurs in 5 countries. It is also common in Mauritania, where 35 percent are found and Cameroon, where 10 percent are found.
Phonetically Similar Names
Wandou Name Transliterations
| Transliteration | ICU Latin | Percentage of Incidence |
|---|---|---|
| Wandou in the Hassaniya-Arabic language | ||
| ﻭﺍﻧﺪﻭ | wandw | 96.88 |
| ﻭﺍﻧﺪ | wand | 3.13 |
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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 Wandou
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