Doucan Surname
Approximately 24 people bear this surname
Doucan Surname Distribution Map
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| Burkina Faso | 10 | 1:1,835,210 | 14,348 |
| France | 7 | 1:9,488,960 | 336,266 |
| Liberia | 6 | 1:734,756 | 29,369 |
| United States | 1 | 1:362,458,933 | 1,988,048 |
Doucan Last Name Facts
Where Does The Last Name Doucan Come From? nationality or country of origin
The last name Doucan is borne by more people in Burkina Faso than any other country/territory. It may be rendered as:. Click here to see other possible spellings of this surname.
How Common Is The Last Name Doucan? popularity and diffusion
The last name Doucan is the 4,034,050th most frequently occurring last name worldwide, borne by approximately 1 in 303,647,746 people. The last name Doucan occurs mostly in Africa, where 67 percent of Doucan reside; 67 percent reside in West Africa and 42 percent reside in Atlantic-Niger Africa.
The last name is most commonly used in Burkina Faso, where it is held by 10 people, or 1 in 1,835,210. In Burkina Faso it is most numerous in: Centre Region, where 100 percent reside. Barring Burkina Faso it exists in 3 countries. It is also common in France, where 29 percent reside and Liberia, where 25 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
- 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 Doucan
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