Dotonou Surname
Approximately 381 people bear this surname
Dotonou Surname Distribution Map
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| Benin | 363 | 1:28,473 | 3,785 |
| Nigeria | 10 | 1:17,714,276 | 277,641 |
| Senegal | 5 | 1:2,915,868 | 5,479 |
| Congo | 1 | 1:4,989,096 | 34,171 |
| France | 1 | 1:66,422,722 | 504,397 |
| United States | 1 | 1:362,458,933 | 1,988,048 |
Dotonou (15) may also be a first name.
Dotonou Last Name Facts
Where Does The Last Name Dotonou Come From? nationality or country of origin
Dotonou is carried by more people in Benin than any other country or territory. It can also be found as a variant:. For other potential spellings of this last name click here.
How Common Is The Last Name Dotonou? popularity and diffusion
This surname is the 752,779th most common last name on a worldwide basis. It is borne by around 1 in 19,127,417 people. The last name occurs predominantly in Africa, where 99 percent of Dotonou are found; 99 percent are found in West Africa and 98 percent are found in Atlantic-Niger Africa. Dotonou is also the 2,900,335th most numerous first name world-wide It is held by 15 people.
The surname Dotonou is most commonly used in Benin, where it is borne by 363 people, or 1 in 28,473. In Benin Dotonou is most numerous in: Ouémé Department, where 36 percent live, Plateau Department, where 29 percent live and Littoral Department, where 10 percent live. Aside from Benin it occurs in 5 countries. It also occurs in Nigeria, where 3 percent live and Senegal, where 1 percent live.
Phonetically Similar Names
| Surname | Similarity | Worldwide Incidence | Prevalency |
|---|---|---|---|
| Dothonou | 93 | 13 | / |
| Dotounou | 93 | 2 | / |
| Dotonu | 92 | 118 | / |
| Dotono | 92 | 1 | / |
| Dotonhoue | 88 | 48 | / |
| Doutounou | 88 | 1 | / |
| Datonou | 86 | 33 | / |
| Dotongo | 86 | 28 | / |
| Datongou | 80 | 107 | / |
| Dostoyno | 80 | 8 | / |
| Dutono | 77 | 9 | / |
| Dotanu | 77 | 1 | / |
| Dotona | 77 | 1 | / |
| Datonu | 77 | 1 | / |
| Datoungou | 75 | 10 | / |
| Dottano | 71 | 1 | / |
| Dotanot | 71 | 1 | / |
| Datouno | 71 | 1 | / |
| Dostunuz | 67 | 11 | / |
| Dostoyna | 67 | 2 | / |
| Datangou | 67 | 1 | / |
| Dastonot | 67 | 1 | / |
| Dautuono | 67 | 1 | / |
| Dahatonu | 67 | 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
- 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 Dotonou
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