Donben Surname

4,034,050th
Most Common
surname in the World

Approximately 24 people bear this surname

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

Donben Surname

The meaning of this surname is not listed.

Donben Surname Distribution Map

PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
Papua New Guinea221:370,62448,900
Liberia11:4,408,53547,110
Spain11:46,752,036156,870

Donben (11) may also be a first name.

Donben Last Name Facts

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

The surname Donben is held by more people in Papua New Guinea than any other country or territory. It can also occur as:. Click here for further potential spellings of this name.

How Common Is The Last Name Donben? popularity and diffusion

It is the 4,034,050th most common last name world-wide. It is borne by around 1 in 303,647,746 people. The surname is mostly found in Oceania, where 92 percent of Donben reside; 92 percent reside in Oceania Islands and 92 percent reside in Papuan Oceania. It is also the 3,487,849th most numerous forename in the world. It is borne by 11 people.

Donben is most commonly used in Papua New Guinea, where it is borne by 22 people, or 1 in 370,624. In Papua New Guinea Donben is primarily found in: Madang, where 73 percent reside and Southern Highlands, where 27 percent reside. Other than Papua New Guinea this last name occurs in 2 countries. It is also found in Liberia, where 4 percent reside and Spain, where 4 percent reside.

Phonetically Similar Names

SurnameSimilarityWorldwide IncidencePrevalency
Domben83119/
Donwen8364/
Donbin833/
Danben831/
Donbina7722/
Duonbin771/
Dombeng771/
Doumbeng712/
Donnouen711/
Donwin6750/
Dumben6734/
Damben6727/
Danbin6725/
Danwen671/
Donbim671/
Dunbem670/

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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
  • Heatmap: Dark red means there is a higher occurrence of the name, transitioning to light yellow signifies a progressively lower occurrence. Clicking on selected countries will show mapping at a regional level
  • 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 Donben
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