Donkon Surname

5,391,485th
Most Common
surname in the World

Approximately 13 people bear this surname

Most prevalent in:
Nigeria
Highest density in:
Liberia

Donkon Surname

The meaning of this surname is not listed.

Donkon Surname Distribution Map

PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
Nigeria51:35,428,552388,973
Cameroon21:10,384,534165,830
Burkina Faso11:18,352,10030,051
Canada11:36,845,591464,108
England11:55,718,059489,080
Liberia11:4,408,53547,110
Thailand11:70,638,3451,175,915
United States11:362,458,9331,988,048
PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
United States31:16,739,561595,711

Donkon (22) may also be a first name.

Donkon Last Name Facts

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

Donkon (Russian: Донкон) occurs in Nigeria more than any other country or territory. It may be found in the variant forms:. Click here for further potential spellings of Donkon.

How Common Is The Last Name Donkon? popularity and diffusion

Donkon is the 5,391,485th most numerous last name on a worldwide basis, borne by approximately 1 in 560,580,455 people. The surname occurs predominantly in Africa, where 69 percent of Donkon reside; 54 percent reside in West Africa and 46 percent reside in Atlantic-Niger Africa. Donkon is also the 2,301,746th most common first name in the world, held by 22 people.

The surname Donkon is most widespread in Nigeria, where it is held by 5 people, or 1 in 35,428,552. In Nigeria it is most common in: Lagos, where 80 percent are found and Benue, where 20 percent are found. Apart from Nigeria this last name exists in 7 countries. It also occurs in Cameroon, where 15 percent are found and Burkina Faso, where 8 percent are found.

Donkon Family Population Trend historical fluctuation

The occurrence of Donkon has changed through the years. In The United States the number of people carrying the Donkon last name decreased 67 percent between 1880 and 2014.

Phonetically Similar Names

Donkon Name Transliterations

TransliterationICU LatinPercentage of Incidence
Donkon in the Russian language
Донконdonkon-

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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
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  • 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 Donkon
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