Dorkeng Surname
Approximately 3 people bear this surname
Dorkeng Surname Distribution Map
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| Cameroon | 2 | 1:10,384,534 | 165,830 |
| Ghana | 1 | 1:27,020,692 | 23,742 |
Dorkeng Last Name Facts
Where Does The Last Name Dorkeng Come From? nationality or country of origin
The surname Dorkeng occurs in Cameroon more than any other country/territory. It may be rendered as:. Click here to see other possible spellings of Dorkeng.
How Common Is The Last Name Dorkeng? popularity and diffusion
Dorkeng is the 10,311,814th most frequently held family name world-wide It is held by around 1 in 2,147,483,647 people. The last name Dorkeng occurs predominantly in Africa, where 100 percent of Dorkeng are found; 67 percent are found in Central Africa and 67 percent are found in Central Bantu Africa.
The surname is most frequently used in Cameroon, where it is borne by 2 people, or 1 in 10,384,534. In Cameroon it is most numerous in: Southwest Region, where 50 percent live and West Region, where 50 percent live. Barring Cameroon it occurs in one country. It also occurs in Ghana, where 33 percent live.
Phonetically Similar Names
| Surname | Similarity | Worldwide Incidence | Prevalency |
|---|---|---|---|
| Dorken | 92 | 258 | / |
| Dorkkieng | 88 | 6 | / |
| Dorking | 86 | 193 | / |
| Dourken | 86 | 0 | / |
| Dorkings | 80 | 167 | / |
| Dorkin | 77 | 1,256 | / |
| Darken | 77 | 445 | / |
| Dorkyn | 77 | 20 | / |
| Dorcen | 77 | 3 | / |
| Dorkina | 71 | 473 | / |
| Derking | 71 | 86 | / |
| Darking | 71 | 71 | / |
| Dorchen | 71 | 25 | / |
| Dorkyna | 71 | 25 | / |
| Durking | 71 | 24 | / |
| Doorkin | 71 | 22 | / |
| Duorkin | 71 | 2 | / |
| Darkeen | 71 | 2 | / |
| Dourkem | 71 | 1 | / |
| Darkings | 67 | 36 | / |
| Dorzhkin | 67 | 2 | / |
| Durkings | 67 | 0 | / |
| Deerking | 67 | 0 | / |
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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 Dorkeng
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