Dokou Surname
Approximately 1,473 people bear this surname
Dokou Surname Distribution Map
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| Togo | 630 | 1:11,504 | 2,968 |
| Benin | 269 | 1:38,422 | 4,955 |
| Ivory Coast | 239 | 1:96,532 | 5,024 |
| Cameroon | 221 | 1:93,978 | 11,213 |
| Greece | 65 | 1:170,458 | 27,584 |
| Germany | 14 | 1:5,750,390 | 205,224 |
| England | 9 | 1:6,190,895 | 170,599 |
| United States | 8 | 1:45,307,367 | 917,113 |
| Czechia | 3 | 1:3,544,490 | 144,714 |
| France | 2 | 1:33,211,361 | 423,184 |
| Burkina Faso | 2 | 1:9,176,050 | 23,741 |
| Congo | 1 | 1:4,989,096 | 34,171 |
| Cyprus | 1 | 1:884,876 | 13,055 |
| Belgium | 1 | 1:11,496,644 | 167,539 |
| China | 1 | 1:1,367,321,566 | 51,149 |
| Guinea | 1 | 1:11,833,817 | 3,268 |
| Iran | 1 | 1:76,782,524 | 277,718 |
| Canada | 1 | 1:36,845,591 | 464,108 |
| Japan | 1 | 1:127,844,293 | 73,547 |
| Nigeria | 1 | 1:177,142,758 | 748,972 |
| Papua New Guinea | 1 | 1:8,153,717 | 181,784 |
| South Africa | 1 | 1:54,177,704 | 343,732 |
Dokou (101) may also be a first name.
Dokou Last Name Facts
Where Does The Last Name Dokou Come From? nationality or country of origin
Dokou is borne by more people in Togo than any other country/territory. It can also occur as:. For other potential spellings of Dokou click here.
How Common Is The Last Name Dokou? popularity and diffusion
This last name is the 265,540th most common last name on a global scale. It is borne by approximately 1 in 4,947,417 people. This surname occurs predominantly in Africa, where 88 percent of Dokou reside; 73 percent reside in West Africa and 72 percent reside in Atlantic-Niger Africa. Dokou is also the 940,641st most commonly occurring first name at a global level. It is borne by 101 people.
The last name Dokou is most prevalent in Togo, where it is carried by 630 people, or 1 in 11,504. Besides Togo this last name exists in 21 countries. It also occurs in Benin, where 18 percent reside and The Ivory Coast, where 16 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 Dokou
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