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
The surname Dokoya is found in Cameroon more than any other country or territory. It can also appear as a variant:. Click here for other potential spellings of Dokoya.
How Common Is The Last Name Dokoya? popularity and diffusion
The surname Dokoya is the 1,907,068th most widely held surname on a global scale, held by approximately 1 in 76,711,010 people. It occurs predominantly 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 frequent first name in the world, borne by 18 people.
The surname Dokoya is most commonly occurring in Cameroon, where it is held by 75 people, or 1 in 276,921. In Cameroon Dokoya is mostly found in: Far North Region, where 76 percent are found, North Region, where 21 percent are found and Adamawa Region, where 1 percent are found. Besides Cameroon this surname occurs in 4 countries. It also occurs in Papua New Guinea, where 13 percent are found and Kenya, where 4 percent are found.
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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 Dokoya
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