Dokwani Surname
Approximately 227 people bear this surname
Dokwani Surname Distribution Map
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| Zimbabwe | 214 | 1:72,141 | 10,697 |
| England | 11 | 1:5,065,278 | 148,650 |
| Scotland | 1 | 1:5,353,817 | 63,002 |
| South Africa | 1 | 1:54,177,704 | 343,732 |
Dokwani Last Name Facts
Where Does The Last Name Dokwani Come From? nationality or country of origin
The last name Dokwani is found in Zimbabwe more than any other country or territory. It may appear as a variant:. Click here for further possible spellings of this name.
How Common Is The Last Name Dokwani? popularity and diffusion
This last name is the 1,085,744th most prevalent last name globally It is held by around 1 in 32,103,727 people. This last name occurs predominantly in Africa, where 95 percent of Dokwani live; 95 percent live in Southern Africa and 95 percent live in South Bantu Africa.
Dokwani is most frequently occurring in Zimbabwe, where it is borne by 214 people, or 1 in 72,141. In Zimbabwe it is mostly concentrated in: Harare Province, where 41 percent live, Mashonaland East Province, where 19 percent live and Mashonaland West Province, where 18 percent live. Barring Zimbabwe it occurs in 3 countries. It is also common in England, where 5 percent live and Scotland, where 0 percent live.
Phonetically Similar Names
| Surname | Similarity | Worldwide Incidence | Prevalency |
|---|---|---|---|
| Dhokwani | 93 | 214 | / |
| Dokwana | 86 | 113 | / |
| Dakwani | 86 | 48 | / |
| Dokwane | 86 | 10 | / |
| Dukwani | 86 | 6 | / |
| Dogwani | 86 | 1 | / |
| Dokweni | 86 | 1 | / |
| Dhokwane | 80 | 14 | / |
| Dankwani | 80 | 5 | / |
| Dakhwani | 80 | 4 | / |
| Doukwana | 80 | 1 | / |
| Dankwangi | 75 | 10 | / |
| Dankwanni | 75 | 1 | / |
| Dukwana | 71 | 345 | / |
| Dakwana | 71 | 331 | / |
| Dugwani | 71 | 10 | / |
| Dakwane | 71 | 4 | / |
| Dakuani | 71 | 3 | / |
| Dukwane | 71 | 1 | / |
| Dakweni | 71 | 1 | / |
| Dogwane | 71 | 1 | / |
| Duugwani | 67 | 12 | / |
| Dhakweni | 67 | 4 | / |
| Dunkwane | 67 | 1 | / |
| Dagwanai | 67 | 1 | / |
| Tdakwana | 67 | 1 | / |
| Dankuani | 67 | 1 | / |
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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 Dokwani
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