Dokta Surname

263,596th
Most Common
surname in the World

Approximately 1,486 people bear this surname

Most prevalent in:
Papua New Guinea
Highest density in:
Papua New Guinea

Dokta Surname

The meaning of this surname is not listed.

Dokta Surname Distribution Map

PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
Papua New Guinea1,4091:5,787361
Cameroon261:798,81055,510
Nigeria201:8,857,138186,571
Tanzania151:3,529,44150,903
Kenya41:11,544,97562,419
Belarus31:3,167,020121,664
Uganda31:13,013,093160,157
Australia21:13,497,850222,987
Russia21:72,061,528727,117
Benin11:10,335,602103,742
Niger11:19,192,017110,060

Dokta (754) may also be a first name.

Dokta Last Name Facts

Where Does The Last Name Dokta Come From? nationality or country of origin

Dokta (Russian: Докта) has its highest incidence in Papua New Guinea. It can also be rendered in the variant forms:. For other possible spellings of this last name click here.

How Common Is The Last Name Dokta? popularity and diffusion

It is the 263,596th most frequently used family name at a global level. It is borne by approximately 1 in 4,904,136 people. The surname Dokta occurs mostly in Oceania, where 95 percent of Dokta live; 95 percent live in Oceania Islands and 95 percent live in Papuan Oceania. Dokta is also the 299,270th most commonly used given name on earth. It is borne by 754 people.

This surname is most frequently held in Papua New Guinea, where it is carried by 1,409 people, or 1 in 5,787. In Papua New Guinea Dokta is mostly concentrated in: Western Highlands, where 69 percent are found, Jiwaka, where 14 percent are found and East New Britain, where 5 percent are found. Aside from Papua New Guinea this surname is found in 10 countries. It is also common in Cameroon, where 2 percent are found and Nigeria, where 1 percent are found.

Phonetically Similar Names

SurnameSimilarityWorldwide IncidencePrevalency
Doktaş91232/
Dockta9115/
Doukta911/
Dhoktat832/
Doktauy831/
Docta80846/
Dakta80129/
Dukta80119/
Dogta8094/
Dekta8026/
Dokti806/
Dokto802/
Doktaash774/
Dhokte73201/
Dekhta73197/
Daktas7341/
Dukhta7332/
Daktha7325/
Duktaj7324/
Daktaa7318/
Dogtay7313/
Dogtas738/
Dakhta737/
Dhokti737/
Dhakta736/
Dakkta734/
Dektai733/
Doktho732/
Doctta732/
Doukti732/
Dogtta731/
Dektha731/
Dektay731/
Dektah731/
Doktou731/
Doctoa731/
Doktycz6718/
Dogtash675/
Doktysz672/
Doktoey671/
Dekthai671/
Dakktha671/
Dakhtah671/

Dokta Name Transliterations

TransliterationICU LatinPercentage of Incidence
Dokta in the Russian language
Доктаdokta-

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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 Dokta
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