Zeydou Surname
Approximately 38 people bear this surname
Zeydou Surname Distribution Map
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| Niger | 36 | 1:533,112 | 13,750 |
| Burkina Faso | 1 | 1:18,352,100 | 30,051 |
| Mauritania | 1 | 1:4,094,863 | 38,869 |
Zeydou (126) may also be a first name.
Zeydou Last Name Facts
Where Does The Last Name Zeydou Come From? nationality or country of origin
The last name Zeydou (Hassaniya-Arabic: ﺯﻳﺪﻭ) occurs most in Niger. It may appear in the variant forms:. Click here for other potential spellings of this name.
How Common Is The Last Name Zeydou? popularity and diffusion
The surname Zeydou is the 3,185,033rd most prevalent surname world-wide, borne by around 1 in 191,777,524 people. This last name is mostly found in Africa, where 100 percent of Zeydou live; 100 percent live in West Africa and 95 percent live in Chadic Africa. It is also the 829,183rd most frequent first name world-wide, held by 126 people.
This surname is most frequently used in Niger, where it is carried by 36 people, or 1 in 533,112. In Niger it is most prevalent in: Tillabéri Region, where 58 percent are found, Dosso Region, where 36 percent are found and Niamey Capital District, where 6 percent are found. Excluding Niger this surname exists in 2 countries. It also occurs in Burkina Faso, where 3 percent are found and Mauritania, where 3 percent are found.
Phonetically Similar Names
Zeydou Name Transliterations
| Transliteration | ICU Latin | Percentage of Incidence |
|---|---|---|
| Zeydou in the Hassaniya-Arabic language | ||
| ﺯﻳﺪﻭ | zydw | - |
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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 Zeydou
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