Dokau Surname
Approximately 17 people bear this surname
Dokau Surname Distribution Map
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| Nigeria | 14 | 1:12,653,054 | 227,444 |
| India | 2 | 1:383,532,691 | 1,645,216 |
| Niger | 1 | 1:19,192,017 | 110,060 |
Dokau Last Name Facts
Where Does The Last Name Dokau Come From? nationality or country of origin
Dokau (Marathi: डोकउ) is more frequently found in Nigeria than any other country or territory. It can also be found in the variant forms:. Click here for further possible spellings of this name.
How Common Is The Last Name Dokau? popularity and diffusion
Dokau is the 4,772,636th most numerous last name on a worldwide basis It is held by around 1 in 428,679,172 people. Dokau is mostly found in Africa, where 88 percent of Dokau live; 88 percent live in West Africa and 82 percent live in Atlantic-Niger Africa.
Dokau is most frequently held in Nigeria, where it is borne by 14 people, or 1 in 12,653,054. In Nigeria it is most prevalent in: Kogi, where 50 percent live, Zamfara, where 36 percent live and Federal Capital Territory, where 7 percent live. Aside from Nigeria this surname occurs in 2 countries. It also occurs in India, where 12 percent live and Niger, where 6 percent live.
Phonetically Similar Names
Dokau Name Transliterations
| Transliteration | ICU Latin | Percentage of Incidence |
|---|---|---|
| Dokau in the Marathi language | ||
| डोकउ | doka'u | - |
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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 Dokau
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