Donkou Surname
Approximately 211 people bear this surname
Donkou Surname Distribution Map
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| Cameroon | 203 | 1:102,311 | 12,070 |
| Benin | 6 | 1:1,722,600 | 61,769 |
| Nigeria | 2 | 1:88,571,379 | 625,098 |
Donkou (34) may also be a first name.
Donkou Last Name Facts
Where Does The Last Name Donkou Come From? nationality or country of origin
Donkou occurs most in Cameroon. It can also appear in the variant forms:. Click here for further possible spellings of this last name.
How Common Is The Last Name Donkou? popularity and diffusion
This last name is the 1,140,742nd most frequent family name worldwide, borne by approximately 1 in 34,538,132 people. The last name Donkou occurs predominantly in Africa, where 100 percent of Donkou are found; 90 percent are found in Central Africa and 89 percent are found in Central Bantu Africa. It is also the 1,775,424th most frequently held forename in the world. It is borne by 34 people.
The surname Donkou is most commonly occurring in Cameroon, where it is carried by 203 people, or 1 in 102,311. In Cameroon it is most frequent in: Centre Region, where 44 percent live, Littoral Region, where 29 percent live and West Region, where 18 percent live. Outside of Cameroon Donkou exists in 2 countries. It is also common in Benin, where 3 percent live and Nigeria, where 1 percent live.
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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 Donkou
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