Donikan Surname

4,116,508th
Most Common
surname in the World

Approximately 23 people bear this surname

Most prevalent in:
Ivory Coast
Highest density in:
Ivory Coast

Donikan Surname

The meaning of this surname is not listed.

Donikan Surname Distribution Map

PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
Ivory Coast191:1,214,27527,625
Australia11:26,995,701270,794
Israel11:8,557,634182,558
Lebanon11:5,637,08332,436
United States11:362,458,9331,988,048

Donikan (1,155) may also be a first name.

Donikan Last Name Facts

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

The surname Donikan is carried by more people in The Ivory Coast than any other country/territory. It may appear in the variant forms:. Click here for further potential spellings of this surname.

How Common Is The Last Name Donikan? popularity and diffusion

The surname Donikan is the 4,116,508th most widely held family name throughout the world, held by around 1 in 316,849,822 people. The last name Donikan is primarily found in Africa, where 48 percent of Donikan reside; 48 percent reside in West Africa and 48 percent reside in Atlantic-Niger Africa. It is also the 234,052nd most frequently held first name on earth, borne by 1,155 people.

The surname is most frequently used in The Ivory Coast, where it is carried by 19 people, or 1 in 1,214,275. In The Ivory Coast Donikan is mostly found in: Abidjan Autonomous District, where 42 percent live, Savanes District, where 42 percent live and Vallée du Bandama District, where 11 percent live. Not including The Ivory Coast Donikan exists in 4 countries. It also occurs in Australia, where 4 percent live and Israel, where 4 percent live.

Phonetically Similar Names

SurnameSimilarityWorldwide IncidencePrevalency
Dunikan8670/
Danikan862/
Donekan861/
Donican860/
Daniskan8063/
Doonican8023/
Dounekan801/
Dhanikan801/
Domnican800/
Donnican800/
Dunuikhan751/
Dhunikain751/
Dunican71640/
Danican71295/
Danukan712/
Danikon711/
Donykanova711/
Donecan711/
Denican710/
Danışkan67257/
Dunnican67117/
Dhanikasing6781/
Datnikon671/
Dasnikon671/
Dhanukan671/
Denekain671/
Dunicand671/

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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 Donikan
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