Dosou Surname
Approximately 69 people bear this surname
Dosou Surname Distribution Map
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| Benin | 42 | 1:246,086 | 21,801 |
| Nigeria | 22 | 1:8,051,944 | 174,166 |
| Brazil | 1 | 1:214,074,332 | 1,693,628 |
| Indonesia | 1 | 1:132,249,194 | 811,426 |
| Mauritania | 1 | 1:4,094,863 | 38,869 |
| Russia | 1 | 1:144,123,056 | 881,408 |
| Switzerland | 1 | 1:8,212,915 | 156,297 |
Dosou (13) may also be a first name.
Dosou Last Name Facts
Where Does The Last Name Dosou Come From? nationality or country of origin
Dosou (Hassaniya-Arabic: ﺩﻭﺳﻮ) is held by more people in Benin than any other country/territory. It can occur as a variant:. Click here for further possible spellings of Dosou.
How Common Is The Last Name Dosou? popularity and diffusion
The surname Dosou is the 2,293,424th most frequent surname on a worldwide basis. It is borne by approximately 1 in 105,616,607 people. This last name is primarily found in Africa, where 94 percent of Dosou live; 94 percent live in West Africa and 93 percent live in Atlantic-Niger Africa. Dosou is also the 3,159,357th most prevalent forename world-wide It is held by 13 people.
This last name is most common in Benin, where it is held by 42 people, or 1 in 246,086. In Benin it is mostly concentrated in: Zou Department, where 24 percent are found, Collines Department, where 21 percent are found and Atlantique Department, where 12 percent are found. Other than Benin Dosou is found in 6 countries. It is also found in Nigeria, where 32 percent are found and Brazil, where 1 percent are found.
Phonetically Similar Names
Dosou Name Transliterations
| Transliteration | ICU Latin | Percentage of Incidence |
|---|---|---|
| Dosou in the Hassaniya-Arabic language | ||
| ﺩﻭﺳﻮ | dwsw | - |
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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 Dosou
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