Dokoun Surname
Approximately 126 people bear this surname
Dokoun Surname Distribution Map
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| Ivory Coast | 72 | 1:320,434 | 11,797 |
| Benin | 53 | 1:195,011 | 18,621 |
| Burkina Faso | 1 | 1:18,352,100 | 30,051 |
Dokoun (16) may also be a first name.
Dokoun Last Name Facts
Where Does The Last Name Dokoun Come From? nationality or country of origin
Dokoun is most common in The Ivory Coast. It can occur as a variant:. Click here for further potential spellings of this name.
How Common Is The Last Name Dokoun? popularity and diffusion
The last name Dokoun is the 1,604,449th most frequently used last name on a worldwide basis, held by around 1 in 57,837,666 people. The surname occurs predominantly in Africa, where 80 percent of Dokoun live; 80 percent live in West Africa and 46 percent live in Atlantic-Niger Africa. Dokoun is also the 2,786,762nd most commonly used first name at a global level. It is borne by 16 people.
The surname Dokoun is most commonly held in The Ivory Coast, where it is held by 72 people, or 1 in 320,434. In The Ivory Coast Dokoun is primarily concentrated in: Montagnes District, where 61 percent reside, Abidjan Autonomous District, where 35 percent reside and Comoé District, where 3 percent reside. Excluding The Ivory Coast Dokoun is found in 2 countries. It is also common in Benin, where 42 percent reside and Burkina Faso, 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 Dokoun
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