Doans Surname

2,168,711th
Most Common
surname in the World

Approximately 76 people bear this surname

Most prevalent in:
South Africa
Highest density in:
South Africa

Doans Surname

The meaning of this surname is not listed.

Doans Surname Distribution Map

PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
South Africa661:820,87455,153
United States91:40,273,215872,126
Cameroon11:20,769,068227,406
PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
United States191:2,643,089124,494

Doans (28) may also be a first name.

Doans Last Name Facts

Where Does The Last Name Doans Come From? nationality or country of origin

Doans occurs more in South Africa more than any other country or territory. It may also be found as a variant:. For other potential spellings of this last name click here.

How Common Is The Last Name Doans? popularity and diffusion

This last name is the 2,168,711th most frequently used family name on earth. It is borne by around 1 in 95,888,762 people. Doans occurs predominantly in Africa, where 88 percent of Doans reside; 87 percent reside in Southern Africa and 87 percent reside in South Bantu Africa. It is also the 1,994,417th most frequent first name internationally, held by 28 people.

The last name is most widely held in South Africa, where it is borne by 66 people, or 1 in 820,874. In South Africa it is most numerous in: Eastern Cape, where 94 percent reside, Gauteng, where 3 percent reside and North West, where 2 percent reside. Besides South Africa this surname exists in 2 countries. It is also common in The United States, where 12 percent reside and Cameroon, where 1 percent reside.

Doans Family Population Trend historical fluctuation

The prevalency of Doans has changed through the years. In The United States the number of people who held the Doans surname decreased 53 percent between 1880 and 2014.

Doans Last Name Statistics demography

The amount Doans earn in different countries varies greatly. In South Africa they earn 28.86% more than the national average, earning R 306,228 per year and in United States they earn 26.25% less than the national average, earning $31,821 USD per year.

Phonetically Similar Names

SurnameSimilarityWorldwide IncidencePrevalency
Douans912/
Dohans911/
Doanz802/
Daons801/
Doyons733/
Duions731/
Doanze731/
Deuans731/
Doions730/
Doance730/
Doğançe6723/
Douandje6213/
Doamch551/

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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 Doans
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