Dofonnou Surname

1,755,741st
Most Common
surname in the World

Approximately 109 people bear this surname

Most prevalent in:
Benin
Highest density in:
Benin

Dofonnou Surname

The meaning of this surname is not listed.

DNA test information

Dofonnou Surname Distribution Map

By incidenceBy frequencyBy rank
Incidence (high to low)Incidence (low to high)Alphabetic A-ZAlphabetic Z-ARank (high to low)Rank (low to high)
PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
Benin1021:101,32911,505
Cameroon21:10,384,534165,830
England21:27,859,030389,889
Italy21:30,578,344160,757
Brazil11:214,074,3321,693,628

Dofonnou Last Name Facts

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

The last name Dofonnou occurs most in Benin. It can also be rendered as:. For other possible spellings of this last name click here.

How Common Is The Last Name Dofonnou? popularity and diffusion

The surname is the 1,755,741st most commonly held family name on a worldwide basis It is held by approximately 1 in 66,858,219 people. The last name Dofonnou is mostly found in Africa, where 95 percent of Dofonnou reside; 94 percent reside in West Africa and 94 percent reside in Atlantic-Niger Africa.

The surname Dofonnou is most numerous in Benin, where it is borne by 102 people, or 1 in 101,329. In Benin it is most prevalent in: Littoral Department, where 45 percent live, Atlantique Department, where 21 percent live and Zou Department, where 18 percent live. Aside from Benin it exists in 4 countries. It is also common in Cameroon, where 2 percent live and England, where 2 percent live.

Phonetically Similar Names

Incidence (high to low)Incidence (low to high)Alphabetic A-ZAlphabetic Z-ASimilarity (high to low)Similarity (low to high)Prevalent jurisdiction A-ZPrevalent jurisdiction Z-A
SurnameSimilarityWorldwide IncidencePrevalency
Doffonnou943/
Dofonou9327/
Doffonou8828/
Dofongno881/
Dofonu864/
Doufounou825/
Dofonhoue824/
Dofoungo7522/
Dofona7111/
Defono712/
Defonu711/
Dohfongoh711/
Douffanou711/
Doufoungo711/
Dafono710/
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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
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  • 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 Dofonnou
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