Dokah Surname
Approximately 45 people bear this surname
Dokah Surname Distribution Map
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| Nigeria | 36 | 1:4,920,632 | 129,434 |
| Malaysia | 6 | 1:4,915,704 | 170,578 |
| Liberia | 2 | 1:2,204,268 | 40,131 |
| Ivory Coast | 1 | 1:23,071,232 | 76,679 |
Dokah (11) may also be a first name.
Dokah Last Name Facts
Where Does The Last Name Dokah Come From? nationality or country of origin
The surname Dokah occurs most in Nigeria. It may also appear as:. For other possible spellings of this name click here.
How Common Is The Last Name Dokah? popularity and diffusion
The surname Dokah is the 2,909,720th most frequent family name on earth. It is borne by around 1 in 161,945,465 people. The last name occurs mostly in Africa, where 87 percent of Dokah are found; 87 percent are found in West Africa and 82 percent are found in Atlantic-Niger Africa. Dokah is also the 3,487,849th most widely held first name in the world, held by 11 people.
The surname Dokah is most common in Nigeria, where it is carried by 36 people, or 1 in 4,920,632. In Nigeria Dokah is most common in: Plateau, where 39 percent live, Kaduna, where 22 percent live and Zamfara, where 22 percent live. Not including Nigeria this last name is found in 3 countries. It is also found in Malaysia, where 13 percent live and Liberia, where 4 percent live.
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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 Dokah
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