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
Dokwani is borne by more people in Zimbabwe than any other country/territory. It may be rendered as:. For other potential spellings of this last name click here.
How Common Is The Last Name Dokwani? popularity and diffusion
Dokwani is the 1,085,744th most commonly held last name world-wide. It is borne by approximately 1 in 32,103,727 people. This last name is predominantly found in Africa, where 95 percent of Dokwani live; 95 percent live in Southern Africa and 95 percent live in South Bantu Africa.
The surname Dokwani is most commonly held in Zimbabwe, where it is carried by 214 people, or 1 in 72,141. In Zimbabwe Dokwani is mostly found in: Harare Province, where 41 percent are found, Mashonaland East Province, where 19 percent are found and Mashonaland West Province, where 18 percent are found. Not including Zimbabwe it occurs in 3 countries. It also occurs in England, where 5 percent are found and Scotland, where 0 percent are found.
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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