Dogbonou Surname
Approximately 358 people bear this surname
Dogbonou Surname Distribution Map
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| Benin | 354 | 1:29,197 | 3,856 |
| Nigeria | 3 | 1:59,047,586 | 507,603 |
| United States | 1 | 1:362,458,933 | 1,988,048 |
Dogbonou (17) may also be a first name.
Dogbonou Last Name Facts
Where Does The Last Name Dogbonou Come From? nationality or country of origin
The last name Dogbonou occurs most in Benin. It can be rendered in the variant forms:. Click here to see other potential spellings of this last name.
How Common Is The Last Name Dogbonou? popularity and diffusion
Dogbonou is the 788,513th most widespread last name on a worldwide basis, held by approximately 1 in 20,356,274 people. This surname is mostly found in Africa, where 100 percent of Dogbonou are found; 100 percent are found in West Africa and 100 percent are found in Atlantic-Niger Africa. It is also the 2,694,839th most widely held forename world-wide. It is borne by 17 people.
This last name is most widespread in Benin, where it is carried by 354 people, or 1 in 29,197. In Benin Dogbonou is primarily concentrated in: Kouffo Department, where 48 percent reside, Mono Department, where 24 percent reside and Ouémé Department, where 14 percent reside. Other than Benin Dogbonou occurs in 2 countries. It is also found in Nigeria, where 1 percent reside and The United States, where 0 percent reside.
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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 Dogbonou
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