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 is most common in South Africa. It can also appear as a variant:. Click here for further potential spellings of Doans.

How Common Is The Last Name Doans? popularity and diffusion

It is the 2,168,711th most prevalent surname globally, held by around 1 in 95,888,762 people. The surname Doans occurs mostly in Africa, where 88 percent of Doans are found; 87 percent are found in Southern Africa and 87 percent are found in South Bantu Africa. It is also the 1,994,417th most common first name on earth It is held by 28 people.

The last name is most common in South Africa, where it is held by 66 people, or 1 in 820,874. In South Africa it is primarily found in: Eastern Cape, where 94 percent reside, Gauteng, where 3 percent reside and North West, where 2 percent reside. Excluding South Africa this surname is found in 2 countries. It is also found 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 share of the population with the last name declined 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
  • To find out more about this surname's family history, lookup records on Family​Search, My​Heritage, FindMyPast and Ancestry. Further information may be obtained by DNA analysis