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
The last name Dokou is more commonly found in Togo than any other country or territory. It may also appear as a variant:. For other potential spellings of this surname click here.
How Common Is The Last Name Dokou? popularity and diffusion
It is the 265,540th most prevalent surname at a global level, borne by around 1 in 4,947,417 people. The surname occurs predominantly in Africa, where 88 percent of Dokou are found; 73 percent are found in West Africa and 72 percent are found in Atlantic-Niger Africa. Dokou is also the 940,641st most widely held first name in the world. It is borne by 101 people.
The last name Dokou is most commonly held in Togo, where it is held by 630 people, or 1 in 11,504. Apart from Togo this last name exists in 21 countries. It is also common in Benin, where 18 percent live and The Ivory Coast, where 16 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 Dokou
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