Dokpossou Surname
Approximately 209 people bear this surname
Dokpossou Surname Distribution Map
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| Benin | 203 | 1:50,914 | 6,413 |
| Nigeria | 6 | 1:29,523,793 | 355,097 |
Dokpossou Last Name Facts
Where Does The Last Name Dokpossou Come From? nationality or country of origin
The surname Dokpossou is found in Benin more than any other country/territory. It can also be found as:. Click here to see other possible spellings of Dokpossou.
How Common Is The Last Name Dokpossou? popularity and diffusion
It is the 1,148,257th most frequently used family name worldwide, borne by approximately 1 in 34,868,641 people. This last name occurs mostly in Africa, where 100 percent of Dokpossou reside; 100 percent reside in West Africa and 100 percent reside in Atlantic-Niger Africa.
Dokpossou is most numerous in Benin, where it is carried by 203 people, or 1 in 50,914. In Benin Dokpossou is most common in: Mono Department, where 75 percent reside, Kouffo Department, where 20 percent reside and Littoral Department, where 3 percent reside. Excluding Benin Dokpossou occurs in one country. It also occurs in Nigeria, where 3 percent reside.
Phonetically Similar Names
| Surname | Similarity | Worldwide Incidence | Prevalency |
|---|---|---|---|
| Dokpossoue | 95 | 1 | / |
| Dokposso | 94 | 1 | / |
| Dokpossu | 94 | 1 | / |
| Dokposu | 88 | 1 | / |
| Dokpossi | 82 | 1 | / |
| Dogbossou | 78 | 32 | / |
| Tikpossou | 78 | 7 | / |
| Dekpessou | 78 | 1 | / |
| Tokpassou | 78 | 1 | / |
| Dakpa-Hossou | 76 | 1 | / |
| Dokpose | 75 | 1 | / |
| De-Kpassou | 74 | 1 | / |
| Tyokposo | 71 | 4 | / |
| Dakpesso | 71 | 1 | / |
| Dekpossi | 71 | 1 | / |
| Dagopioso | 67 | 299 | / |
| Togbossou | 67 | 94 | / |
| Tekpessou | 67 | 7 | / |
| Dagbossou | 67 | 2 | / |
| Dogbessou | 67 | 1 | / |
| Takpassou | 67 | 1 | / |
| Tokposseï | 67 | 1 | / |
| Tikpassou | 67 | 1 | / |
| Dekpasseu | 67 | 1 | / |
| Dicko Bossou | 67 | 1 | / |
| Dakpozo | 63 | 1 | / |
| Dokpudsa | 59 | 5 | / |
| Dokputsa | 59 | 3 | / |
| Dokphutsa | 56 | 147 | / |
| Dokpahsee | 56 | 7 | / |
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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 Dokpossou
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