Dokodoko Surname

1,338,236th
Most Common
surname in the World

Approximately 167 people bear this surname

Most prevalent in:
Tanzania
Highest density in:
Tanzania

Dokodoko Surname

The meaning of this surname is not listed.

Dokodoko Surname Distribution Map

PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
Tanzania1641:322,81524,412
DR Congo11:73,879,570260,543
Papua New Guinea11:8,153,717181,784
United States11:362,458,9331,988,048

Dokodoko (13) may also be a first name.

Dokodoko Last Name Facts

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

The surname Dokodoko has its highest incidence in Tanzania. It may also occur as a variant:. Click here to see other possible spellings of this last name.

How Common Is The Last Name Dokodoko? popularity and diffusion

The surname is the 1,338,236th most numerous family name at a global level. It is borne by approximately 1 in 43,637,999 people. The last name occurs predominantly in Africa, where 99 percent of Dokodoko are found; 98 percent are found in East Africa and 98 percent are found in East Bantu Africa. Dokodoko is also the 3,159,357th most commonly held first name at a global level, borne by 13 people.

This surname is most frequently occurring in Tanzania, where it is carried by 164 people, or 1 in 322,815. In Tanzania Dokodoko is most common in: Dar es Salaam Region, where 59 percent reside, Pwani Region, where 38 percent reside and Morogoro Region, where 2 percent reside. Besides Tanzania this surname exists in 3 countries. It also occurs in The DR Congo, where 1 percent reside and Papua New Guinea, where 1 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
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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 Dokodoko
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