Dotchan Surname
Approximately 121 people bear this surname
Dotchan Surname Distribution Map
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| Benin | 118 | 1:87,590 | 10,243 |
| Ivory Coast | 2 | 1:11,535,616 | 61,806 |
| Nigeria | 1 | 1:177,142,758 | 748,972 |
Dotchan (92) may also be a first name.
Dotchan Last Name Facts
Where Does The Last Name Dotchan Come From? nationality or country of origin
The surname Dotchan is borne by more people in Benin than any other country/territory. It may occur as:. Click here for other potential spellings of this surname.
How Common Is The Last Name Dotchan? popularity and diffusion
The last name is the 1,649,806th most frequently used surname worldwide. It is borne by approximately 1 in 60,227,652 people. The surname is predominantly found in Africa, where 100 percent of Dotchan reside; 100 percent reside in West Africa and 100 percent reside in Atlantic-Niger Africa. Dotchan is also the 992,070th most frequent first name throughout the world. It is borne by 92 people.
The last name Dotchan is most commonly used in Benin, where it is carried by 118 people, or 1 in 87,590. In Benin Dotchan is most numerous in: Zou Department, where 65 percent are found, Plateau Department, where 28 percent are found and Atlantique Department, where 5 percent are found. Not including Benin Dotchan is found in 2 countries. It is also found in The Ivory Coast, where 2 percent are found and Nigeria, where 1 percent are found.
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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 Dotchan
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