Dossougan Surname
Approximately 412 people bear this surname
Dossougan Surname Distribution Map
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| Benin | 407 | 1:25,395 | 3,399 |
| Nigeria | 4 | 1:44,285,690 | 437,567 |
| Ivory Coast | 1 | 1:23,071,232 | 76,679 |
Dossougan Last Name Facts
Where Does The Last Name Dossougan Come From? nationality or country of origin
The surname Dossougan is most common in Benin. It can also be found as:. Click here for other possible spellings of this surname.
How Common Is The Last Name Dossougan? popularity and diffusion
This last name is the 711,133rd most frequently held family name in the world, borne by approximately 1 in 17,688,218 people. This surname occurs predominantly in Africa, where 100 percent of Dossougan live; 100 percent live in West Africa and 100 percent live in Atlantic-Niger Africa.
This last name is most commonly used in Benin, where it is held by 407 people, or 1 in 25,395. In Benin Dossougan is mostly concentrated in: Atlantique Department, where 76 percent live, Zou Department, where 14 percent live and Littoral Department, where 8 percent live. Without taking into account Benin this surname occurs in 2 countries. It also occurs in Nigeria, where 1 percent live and The Ivory Coast, where 0 percent live.
Phonetically Similar Names
| Surname | Similarity | Worldwide Incidence | Prevalency |
|---|---|---|---|
| Dossugan | 94 | 4 | / |
| Dosugan | 88 | 12 | / |
| Dossougoin | 84 | 37 | / |
| Dossougoun | 84 | 5 | / |
| Dosungan | 82 | 3 | / |
| Dossagan | 82 | 1 | / |
| Dasugan | 75 | 2 | / |
| Dossagon | 71 | 1 | / |
| Dosogone | 71 | 1 | / |
| Dusagan | 63 | 50 | / |
| Dusugam | 63 | 12 | / |
| Dasogam | 63 | 1 | / |
| Dasagane | 59 | 3 | / |
| Dasaigan | 59 | 1 | / |
| Dasaghan | 59 | 1 | / |
| Dasangan | 59 | 1 | / |
| Dasagang | 59 | 1 | / |
| Dasaighan | 56 | 72 | / |
| Dusaghain | 56 | 3 | / |
| Dasagaund | 56 | 1 | / |
| Dasajighan | 53 | 1 | / |
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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 Dossougan
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