Dossouhouan Surname

1,453,389th
Most Common
surname in the World

Approximately 147 people bear this surname

Most prevalent in:
Benin
Highest density in:
Benin

Dossouhouan Surname

The meaning of this surname is not listed.

DNA test information

Dossouhouan Surname Distribution Map

By incidenceBy frequencyBy rank
Incidence (high to low)Incidence (low to high)Alphabetic A-ZAlphabetic Z-ARank (high to low)Rank (low to high)
PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
Benin1461:70,7928,548
Ivory Coast11:23,071,23276,679

Dossouhouan Last Name Facts

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

The surname Dossouhouan has its highest incidence in Benin. It may appear as a variant:. Click here for other potential spellings of this name.

How Common Is The Last Name Dossouhouan? popularity and diffusion

The surname Dossouhouan is the 1,453,389th most frequently held last name globally, borne by around 1 in 49,575,142 people. Dossouhouan is predominantly found in Africa, where 100 percent of Dossouhouan reside; 100 percent reside in West Africa and 100 percent reside in Atlantic-Niger Africa.

The last name is most common in Benin, where it is held by 146 people, or 1 in 70,792. In Benin Dossouhouan is mostly concentrated in: Zou Department, where 68 percent live, Littoral Department, where 22 percent live and Atlantique Department, where 3 percent live. Excluding Benin Dossouhouan occurs in one country. It also occurs in The Ivory Coast, where 1 percent live.

Phonetically Similar Names

Incidence (high to low)Incidence (low to high)Alphabetic A-ZAlphabetic Z-ASimilarity (high to low)Similarity (low to high)Prevalent jurisdiction A-ZPrevalent jurisdiction Z-A
SurnameSimilarityWorldwide IncidencePrevalency
Dabouhoun701/
Dovohon671/
Dawohoun631/
Dovoan591/
Dabouan564/
Doboșan564/
Douwoan561/
Davuhan561/
Davohone530/
Davoogian501/

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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 Dossouhouan
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