Dongou Surname
Approximately 210 people bear this surname
Dongou Surname Distribution Map
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| Congo | 149 | 1:33,484 | 3,295 |
| Benin | 29 | 1:356,400 | 27,355 |
| Cameroon | 26 | 1:798,810 | 55,510 |
| Taiwan | 2 | 1:11,722,373 | 63,559 |
| China | 1 | 1:1,367,321,566 | 51,149 |
| France | 1 | 1:66,422,722 | 504,397 |
| Ivory Coast | 1 | 1:23,071,232 | 76,679 |
| Mauritania | 1 | 1:4,094,863 | 38,869 |
Dongou (735) may also be a first name.
Dongou Last Name Facts
Where Does The Last Name Dongou Come From? nationality or country of origin
Dongou (Hassaniya-Arabic: ﺩﻭﻧﻜﻮ) occurs most in The Congo. It may appear as a variant:. Click here to see other possible spellings of this surname.
How Common Is The Last Name Dongou? popularity and diffusion
This last name is the 1,144,405th most numerous family name on a global scale, held by approximately 1 in 34,702,600 people. It is predominantly found in Africa, where 98 percent of Dongou reside; 83 percent reside in Central Africa and 83 percent reside in Central Bantu Africa. It is also the 303,693rd most frequently occurring first name world-wide, borne by 735 people.
Dongou is most commonly used in The Congo, where it is held by 149 people, or 1 in 33,484. In The Congo it is most prevalent in: Brazzaville Department, where 93 percent live, Cuvette-Ouest Department, where 3 percent live and Likouala Department, where 3 percent live. Not including The Congo this last name exists in 7 countries. It is also found in Benin, where 14 percent live and Cameroon, where 12 percent live.
Phonetically Similar Names
Dongou Name Transliterations
| Transliteration | ICU Latin | Percentage of Incidence |
|---|---|---|
| Dongou in the Hassaniya-Arabic language | ||
| ﺩﻭﻧﻜﻮ | dwnkw | - |
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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 Dongou
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