Dofonou Surname
Approximately 27 people bear this surname
Dofonou Surname Distribution Map
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| Benin | 18 | 1:574,200 | 35,798 |
| Senegal | 8 | 1:1,822,418 | 4,361 |
| France | 1 | 1:66,422,722 | 504,397 |
Dofonou Last Name Facts
Where Does The Last Name Dofonou Come From? nationality or country of origin
Dofonou is more commonly found in Benin than any other country/territory. It can be found in the variant forms:. For other possible spellings of this name click here.
How Common Is The Last Name Dofonou? popularity and diffusion
The surname is the 3,798,600th most common last name on earth. It is borne by approximately 1 in 269,909,108 people. Dofonou occurs predominantly in Africa, where 96 percent of Dofonou live; 96 percent live in West Africa and 67 percent live in Atlantic-Niger Africa.
Dofonou is most frequently occurring in Benin, where it is held by 18 people, or 1 in 574,200. In Benin Dofonou is primarily concentrated in: Littoral Department, where 44 percent are found, Atlantique Department, where 39 percent are found and Zou Department, where 17 percent are found. Beside Benin this surname occurs in 2 countries. It is also found in Senegal, where 30 percent are found and France, where 4 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
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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 Dofonou
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