Doken Surname
Approximately 1,151 people bear this surname
Doken Surname Distribution Map
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| Japan | 1,030 | 1:124,121 | 6,863 |
| Indonesia | 67 | 1:1,973,869 | 124,197 |
| Qatar | 16 | 1:147,375 | 16,023 |
| India | 11 | 1:69,733,217 | 610,955 |
| Papua New Guinea | 7 | 1:1,164,817 | 109,517 |
| Russia | 7 | 1:20,589,008 | 462,339 |
| United States | 5 | 1:72,491,787 | 1,102,614 |
| Liberia | 4 | 1:1,102,134 | 37,930 |
| Nigeria | 2 | 1:88,571,379 | 625,098 |
| Bulgaria | 1 | 1:6,978,905 | 86,260 |
| Thailand | 1 | 1:70,638,345 | 1,175,915 |
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| England | 6 | 1:4,062,562 | 101,150 |
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| United States | 10 | 1:5,021,868 | 210,693 |
The alternate forms: Döken (416) are calculated separately.
Doken (222) may also be a first name.
Doken Last Name Facts
Where Does The Last Name Doken Come From? nationality or country of origin
Doken (Marathi: डोक, Russian: Докен) occurs in Japan more than any other country/territory. It can also occur as: Döken. For other possible spellings of this last name click here.
How Common Is The Last Name Doken? popularity and diffusion
Doken is the 323,810th most commonly occurring surname throughout the world. It is borne by approximately 1 in 6,331,491 people. This last name occurs mostly in Asia, where 98 percent of Doken are found; 89 percent are found in East Asia and 89 percent are found in Nippono-Asia. Doken is also the 605,116th most commonly held first name at a global level, borne by 222 people.
It is most widely held in Japan, where it is held by 1,030 people, or 1 in 124,121. In Japan Doken is most numerous in: Hokkaido Prefecture, where 54 percent live, Ishikawa Prefecture, where 14 percent live and Tokyo Metropolis, where 8 percent live. Apart from Japan this surname is found in 10 countries. It is also common in Indonesia, where 6 percent live and Qatar, where 1 percent live.
Doken Family Population Trend historical fluctuation
The incidence of Doken has changed through the years. In The United States the number of people who held the Doken surname fell 50 percent between 1880 and 2014.
Phonetically Similar Names
Doken Name Transliterations
| Transliteration | ICU Latin | Percentage of Incidence |
|---|---|---|
| Doken in the Marathi language | ||
| डोक | doka | - |
| Doken in the Russian language | ||
| Докен | doken | - |
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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 Doken
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