Dobou Surname
Approximately 221 people bear this surname
Dobou Surname Distribution Map
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| Cameroon | 84 | 1:247,251 | 24,294 |
| Benin | 67 | 1:154,263 | 15,890 |
| Niger | 24 | 1:799,667 | 18,510 |
| Ivory Coast | 13 | 1:1,774,710 | 34,235 |
| France | 11 | 1:6,038,429 | 280,838 |
| Togo | 9 | 1:805,308 | 6,372 |
| Gabon | 4 | 1:472,298 | 3,618 |
| Nigeria | 2 | 1:88,571,379 | 625,098 |
| Austria | 1 | 1:8,515,435 | 118,036 |
| Canada | 1 | 1:36,845,591 | 464,108 |
| Chad | 1 | 1:13,592,199 | 13,092 |
| Congo | 1 | 1:4,989,096 | 34,171 |
| DR Congo | 1 | 1:73,879,570 | 260,543 |
| Ghana | 1 | 1:27,020,692 | 23,742 |
| Liberia | 1 | 1:4,408,535 | 47,110 |
Dobou (1,304) may also be a first name.
Dobou Last Name Facts
Where Does The Last Name Dobou Come From? nationality or country of origin
The last name Dobou is found in Cameroon more than any other country/territory. It can also appear as a variant:. For other potential spellings of this last name click here.
How Common Is The Last Name Dobou? popularity and diffusion
The surname is the 1,104,724th most widely held surname globally It is held by around 1 in 32,975,321 people. The last name is predominantly found in Africa, where 94 percent of Dobou are found; 58 percent are found in West Africa and 41 percent are found in Atlantic-Niger Africa. It is also the 217,858th most prevalent first name in the world It is held by 1,304 people.
It is most commonly held in Cameroon, where it is carried by 84 people, or 1 in 247,251. In Cameroon it is most common in: Centre Region, where 49 percent are found, Littoral Region, where 25 percent are found and North Region, where 14 percent are found. Aside from Cameroon Dobou is found in 14 countries. It is also common in Benin, where 30 percent are found and Niger, where 11 percent are found.
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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 Dobou
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