Donkeng Surname

274,840th
Most Common
surname in the World

Approximately 1,413 people bear this surname

Most prevalent in:
Cameroon
Highest density in:
Cameroon

Donkeng Surname

The meaning of this surname is not listed.

Donkeng Surname Distribution Map

PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
Cameroon1,3921:14,9202,030
Ivory Coast51:4,614,24651,139
Ethiopia41:24,386,56619,165
France31:22,140,907385,998
Belgium11:11,496,644167,539
Cyprus11:884,87613,055
Gabon11:1,889,1946,814
Germany11:80,505,459560,955
Morocco11:34,476,099111,471
Portugal11:10,418,24125,048
Sweden11:9,846,757347,448
Tunisia11:610,62630,336
United States11:362,458,9331,988,048

Donkeng (14) may also be a first name.

Donkeng Last Name Facts

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

The last name Donkeng is more commonly found in Cameroon than any other country/territory. It can occur in the variant forms:. Click here to see other potential spellings of this name.

How Common Is The Last Name Donkeng? popularity and diffusion

The surname Donkeng is the 274,840th most widely held last name world-wide. It is borne by around 1 in 5,157,499 people. The last name Donkeng occurs predominantly in Africa, where 99 percent of Donkeng live; 99 percent live in Central Africa and 99 percent live in Central Bantu Africa. Donkeng is also the 3,024,661st most prevalent first name throughout the world. It is borne by 14 people.

The surname is most commonly held in Cameroon, where it is held by 1,392 people, or 1 in 14,920. In Cameroon Donkeng is mostly found in: West Region, where 39 percent are found, Littoral Region, where 30 percent are found and Centre Region, where 28 percent are found. Beside Cameroon Donkeng is found in 12 countries. It also occurs in The Ivory Coast, where 0 percent are found and Ethiopia, where 0 percent are found.

Phonetically Similar Names

SurnameSimilarityWorldwide IncidencePrevalency
Dounkeng93141/
Dongkeng9360/
Donckeng931/
Dounkeung881/
Donking8670/
Dankeng861/
Domkeng861/
Dunkeng860/
Dangkeng8047/
Dongking809/
Dounking808/
Dongceng806/
Doumkeng801/
Dongcheng7517/
Doumgkeng751/
Dunking7115/
Danceng716/
Danking712/
Dongqing6711/
Dancheng671/
Dongcing671/
Donching671/
Dunkings670/
Duncking670/
Danqing5713/
Damking577/
Dancing577/
Duncing570/
Danching531/

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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 Donkeng
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