Wedou Surname
Approximately 457 people bear this surname
Wedou Surname Distribution Map
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| Mauritania | 453 | 1:9,039 | 956 |
| Benin | 1 | 1:10,335,602 | 103,742 |
| Liberia | 1 | 1:4,408,535 | 47,110 |
| Lithuania | 1 | 1:3,034,588 | 47,401 |
| Nigeria | 1 | 1:177,142,758 | 748,972 |
Wedou (278) may also be a first name.
Wedou Last Name Facts
Where Does The Last Name Wedou Come From? nationality or country of origin
The surname Wedou (Hassaniya-Arabic: ﻭﺩﻭ) is found most in Mauritania. It may also occur as a variant:. Click here to see other possible spellings of this name.
How Common Is The Last Name Wedou? popularity and diffusion
The last name Wedou is the 658,434th most widely held surname world-wide, held by around 1 in 15,946,490 people. This surname is primarily found in Africa, where 100 percent of Wedou reside; 100 percent reside in West Africa and 99 percent reside in Senegambia Africa. It is also the 532,586th most numerous forename globally. It is borne by 278 people.
This surname is most prevalent in Mauritania, where it is carried by 453 people, or 1 in 9,039. In Mauritania Wedou is most frequent in: Dakhlet Nouadhibou Region, where 20 percent are found, Trarza Region, where 17 percent are found and Nouakchott-Nord Region, where 16 percent are found. Apart from Mauritania this surname is found in 4 countries. It is also found in Benin, where 0 percent are found and Liberia, where 0 percent are found.
Phonetically Similar Names
Wedou Name Transliterations
| Transliteration | ICU Latin | Percentage of Incidence |
|---|---|---|
| Wedou in the Hassaniya-Arabic language | ||
| ﻭﺩﻭ | wdw | 86.48 |
| ﻭﺩ | wd | 12.3 |
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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 Wedou
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