Donkene Surname

4,649,889th
Most Common
surname in the World

Approximately 18 people bear this surname

Most prevalent in:
Lesotho
Highest density in:
Lesotho

Donkene Surname

The meaning of this surname is not listed.

Donkene Surname Distribution Map

PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
Lesotho131:156,35113,063
Nigeria51:35,428,552388,973

Donkene Last Name Facts

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

The surname Donkene occurs most in Lesotho. It can be found in the variant forms:. Click here for other possible spellings of this surname.

How Common Is The Last Name Donkene? popularity and diffusion

The last name Donkene is the 4,649,889th most prevalent surname world-wide, held by around 1 in 404,863,662 people. The last name Donkene is mostly found in Africa, where 100 percent of Donkene are found; 72 percent are found in Southern Africa and 72 percent are found in South Bantu Africa.

The last name Donkene is most frequent in Lesotho, where it is held by 13 people, or 1 in 156,351. In Lesotho it is most frequent in: Mokhotlong District, where 92 percent live and Maseru District, where 8 percent live. Not including Lesotho it is found in one country. It also occurs in Nigeria, where 28 percent live.

Phonetically Similar Names

SurnameSimilarityWorldwide IncidencePrevalency
Donkena861,171/
Donkeni86166/
Donkane866/
Dankene864/
Donkeny863/
Donkine862/
Dhonkane8019/
Dhonkeni8012/
Dankenie8010/
Donquene809/
Dhonkena805/
Donkeena803/
Dankeine802/
Dongkeun801/
Donkeeni801/
Doonkena801/
Danckenie752/
Dankane711,015/
Dankeni71382/
Donkani71340/
Donkini7167/
Doncean7128/
Donkhin7112/
Dankena7110/
Dankeny719/
Doncane712/
Dunkeni711/
Donkany711/
Dankine711/
Donkoni711/
Dankinet67867/
Dhonkani67182/
Dankaine6789/
Donkanyi6721/
Donkhina6710/
Dunkines679/
Dhankane676/
Dhonkini675/
Dhankeni674/
Dankanne671/
Dankaney671/
Donkayna671/
Dunchene671/

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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 Donkene
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