Doku Surname
Approximately 25,308 people bear this surname
Doku Surname Distribution Map
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| Ghana | 22,028 | 1:1,227 | 198 |
| Albania | 1,419 | 1:2,054 | 336 |
| Egypt | 549 | 1:167,460 | 12,562 |
| Indonesia | 241 | 1:548,752 | 44,260 |
| United States | 234 | 1:1,548,970 | 104,799 |
| India | 179 | 1:4,285,281 | 113,539 |
| England | 173 | 1:322,070 | 23,948 |
| Turkey | 156 | 1:498,855 | 28,396 |
| Nigeria | 99 | 1:1,789,321 | 64,938 |
| Japan | 58 | 1:2,204,212 | 28,969 |
| Greece | 33 | 1:335,751 | 47,626 |
| Colombia | 21 | 1:2,274,956 | 12,893 |
| DR Congo | 21 | 1:3,518,075 | 145,665 |
| Germany | 12 | 1:6,708,788 | 223,026 |
| South Africa | 11 | 1:4,925,246 | 143,631 |
| Canada | 9 | 1:4,093,955 | 205,175 |
| Togo | 9 | 1:805,308 | 6,372 |
| Italy | 6 | 1:10,192,781 | 121,657 |
| Singapore | 4 | 1:1,376,926 | 28,409 |
| Scotland | 4 | 1:1,338,454 | 35,497 |
| Papua New Guinea | 4 | 1:2,038,429 | 140,827 |
| Iceland | 3 | 1:126,697 | 5,403 |
| Benin | 2 | 1:5,167,801 | 84,334 |
| Bhutan | 2 | 1:308,020 | 1,264 |
| Ireland | 2 | 1:2,354,470 | 19,715 |
| Uganda | 2 | 1:19,519,640 | 189,114 |
| Norway | 2 | 1:2,571,143 | 95,402 |
| United Arab Emirates | 2 | 1:4,581,136 | 93,443 |
| Australia | 2 | 1:13,497,850 | 222,987 |
| Belgium | 1 | 1:11,496,644 | 167,539 |
| Trinidad and Tobago | 1 | 1:1,363,975 | 22,013 |
| Thailand | 1 | 1:70,638,345 | 1,175,915 |
| Switzerland | 1 | 1:8,212,915 | 156,297 |
| Sweden | 1 | 1:9,846,757 | 347,448 |
| Spain | 1 | 1:46,752,036 | 156,870 |
| Zambia | 1 | 1:15,849,922 | 53,989 |
| Belize | 1 | 1:355,474 | 3,977 |
| Seychelles | 1 | 1:92,393 | 1,532 |
| Saudi Arabia | 1 | 1:30,855,817 | 63,028 |
| Philippines | 1 | 1:101,238,223 | 404,861 |
| Netherlands | 1 | 1:16,887,176 | 156,465 |
| North Macedonia | 1 | 1:2,101,472 | 31,546 |
| Liberia | 1 | 1:4,408,535 | 47,110 |
| Kenya | 1 | 1:46,179,900 | 103,372 |
| Ivory Coast | 1 | 1:23,071,232 | 76,679 |
| Israel | 1 | 1:8,557,634 | 182,558 |
| Brazil | 1 | 1:214,074,332 | 1,693,628 |
| France | 1 | 1:66,422,722 | 504,397 |
| Finland | 1 | 1:5,496,702 | 84,025 |
| Ecuador | 1 | 1:15,905,846 | 50,210 |
Doku (1,878) may also be a first name.
Doku Demographics
Average Doku Salary in
United States
$45,508 USD
Per year
Average Salary in
United States
$43,149 USD
Per year
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Doku Last Name Facts
Where Does The Last Name Doku Come From? nationality or country of origin
Doku (Hindi: डोकू, Marathi: डोकु, Oriya: ଡକୁ, Tibetan: རྡོ་སྐུ་) is carried by more people in Ghana than any other country or territory. It can also be rendered as:. Click here to see other potential spellings of this name.
How Common Is The Last Name Doku? popularity and diffusion
This last name is the 21,530th most common last name world-wide It is held by approximately 1 in 287,954 people. The surname Doku is predominantly found in Africa, where 90 percent of Doku reside; 87 percent reside in West Africa and 87 percent reside in Atlantic-Niger Africa. It is also the 175,552nd most prevalent first name world-wide, borne by 1,878 people.
It is most common in Ghana, where it is carried by 22,028 people, or 1 in 1,227. Not including Ghana this surname occurs in 49 countries. It is also found in Albania, where 6 percent live and Egypt, where 2 percent live.
Doku Last Name Statistics demography
In The United States those bearing the Doku last name are 0.47000000000001% more likely to be registered with the Democratic Party than the national average, with 53.7% being registered to vote for the political party.
The amount Doku earn in different countries varies greatly. In South Africa they earn 9.82% more than the national average, earning R 260,976 per year; in Colombia they earn 58.25% more than the national average, earning $35,926,500 COP per year; in United States they earn 5.47% more than the national average, earning $45,508 USD per year and in Canada they earn 18.01% less than the national average, earning $40,734 CAD per year.
Phonetically Similar Names
Doku Name Transliterations
| Transliteration | ICU Latin | Percentage of Incidence |
|---|---|---|
| Doku in the Tibetan language | ||
| རྡོ་སྐུ་ | doku | - |
| Doku in the Oriya language | ||
| ଡକୁ | daku | - |
| Doku in the Hindi language | ||
| डोकू | doku | 60 |
| डोकु | doku | 40 |
| Doku in the Marathi language | ||
| डोकु | doku | 50.23 |
| डोकू | doku | 49.77 |
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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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- 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 Doku
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