Dotchou Surname
Approximately 545 people bear this surname
Dotchou Surname Distribution Map
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| Togo | 525 | 1:13,805 | 3,854 |
| Benin | 13 | 1:795,046 | 42,452 |
| Cameroon | 6 | 1:3,461,511 | 126,814 |
| United States | 1 | 1:362,458,933 | 1,988,048 |
Dotchou Last Name Facts
Where Does The Last Name Dotchou Come From? nationality or country of origin
The last name Dotchou is borne by more people in Togo than any other country or territory. It may also be found as a variant:. Click here for other possible spellings of this surname.
How Common Is The Last Name Dotchou? popularity and diffusion
The surname Dotchou is the 576,965th most widely held last name on a worldwide basis, borne by approximately 1 in 13,371,644 people. It is predominantly found in Africa, where 100 percent of Dotchou live; 99 percent live in West Africa and 99 percent live in Atlantic-Niger Africa.
The surname is most prevalent in Togo, where it is held by 525 people, or 1 in 13,805. Other than Togo Dotchou exists in 3 countries. It is also found in Benin, where 2 percent reside and Cameroon, where 1 percent reside.
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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 Dotchou
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