Dofontien Surname

4,034,050th
Most Common
surname in the World

Approximately 24 people bear this surname

Most prevalent in:
Benin
Highest density in:
Benin

Dofontien Surname

The meaning of this surname is not listed.

DNA test information

Dofontien 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
Benin191:543,97934,804
Togo41:1,811,9428,122
Canada11:36,845,591464,108

Dofontien Last Name Facts

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

The last name Dofontien occurs in Benin more than any other country or territory. It may also appear as:. For other possible spellings of this last name click here.

How Common Is The Last Name Dofontien? popularity and diffusion

This last name is the 4,034,050th most widespread surname on earth, held by around 1 in 303,647,746 people. This surname occurs mostly in Africa, where 96 percent of Dofontien live; 96 percent live in West Africa and 96 percent live in Atlantic-Niger Africa.

Dofontien is most widespread in Benin, where it is carried by 19 people, or 1 in 543,979. In Benin Dofontien is most frequent in: Zou Department, where 100 percent reside. Without taking into account Benin this last name exists in 2 countries. It is also common in Togo, where 17 percent reside and Canada, where 4 percent reside.

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
Dofonetien951/
Doffontien951/
Defontin820/
Tofonhetien801/
Defonteny7820/
Dufonteny788/
Dfountain785/
Defontain781/
Defontaine742,760/
Defontenay7468/
Défontaine7415/
Defonteyne7413/
Defonteney741/
de Fontein741/
de Fonteyn741/
Defonteine741/
D'Fontaine741/
D Fontaine740/
Dafonton71120/
Defontan711/
de Fontenay70366/
Deffontaine70344/
de Fontaine7061/
de Fonteyne7012/
De-Fontaine705/
de Fonteney703/
Dhoye Fontaine701/
De-Fontenay701/
da Fontinha701/
Duffontaine701/
de Fountain700/
Dafounteine700/
Dahfonton6711/
Davontine673/
Daafonton673/
de Fonton673/
Dieufontaine671/
de Fontan671/
Defontown671/
Daffonton671/
Diafontan671/
de Fantin671/
Defauntin670/
Dophonton670/
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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 Dofontien
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