Dokoya Surname
Approximately 95 people bear this surname
Dokoya Surname Distribution Map
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| Cameroon | 75 | 1:276,921 | 26,437 |
| Papua New Guinea | 12 | 1:679,476 | 78,554 |
| Kenya | 4 | 1:11,544,975 | 62,419 |
| Indonesia | 3 | 1:44,083,065 | 698,220 |
| DR Congo | 1 | 1:73,879,570 | 260,543 |
Dokoya (18) may also be a first name.
Dokoya Last Name Facts
Where Does The Last Name Dokoya Come From? nationality or country of origin
Dokoya is carried by more people in Cameroon than any other country or territory. It can also be rendered as:. Click here for other possible spellings of this surname.
How Common Is The Last Name Dokoya? popularity and diffusion
This last name is the 1,907,068th most widely held last name in the world, held by around 1 in 76,711,010 people. The surname is predominantly found in Africa, where 84 percent of Dokoya live; 77 percent live in West Africa and 59 percent live in Chadic Africa. Dokoya is also the 2,608,198th most numerous first name globally. It is borne by 18 people.
The surname Dokoya is most numerous in Cameroon, where it is borne by 75 people, or 1 in 276,921. In Cameroon Dokoya is primarily found in: Far North Region, where 76 percent live, North Region, where 21 percent live and Adamawa Region, where 1 percent live. Barring Cameroon this surname exists in 4 countries. It also occurs in Papua New Guinea, where 13 percent live and Kenya, where 4 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
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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 Dokoya
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