Dougou Surname
Approximately 536 people bear this surname
Dougou Surname Distribution Map
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| Ivory Coast | 275 | 1:83,895 | 4,501 |
| Niger | 166 | 1:115,615 | 4,559 |
| Benin | 80 | 1:129,195 | 13,967 |
| Tunisia | 4 | 1:152,656 | 17,743 |
| Algeria | 2 | 1:19,315,776 | 97,017 |
| Cameroon | 2 | 1:10,384,534 | 165,830 |
| Greece | 2 | 1:5,539,895 | 129,142 |
| United States | 2 | 1:181,229,466 | 1,556,795 |
| France | 1 | 1:66,422,722 | 504,397 |
| Mauritania | 1 | 1:4,094,863 | 38,869 |
| Senegal | 1 | 1:14,579,342 | 11,705 |
Dougou (682) may also be a first name.
Dougou Last Name Facts
Where Does The Last Name Dougou Come From? nationality or country of origin
The surname Dougou (Hassaniya-Arabic: ﺩﻭﻛﻮ) occurs in The Ivory Coast more than any other country/territory. It can also be rendered in the variant forms:. For other potential spellings of this last name click here.
How Common Is The Last Name Dougou? popularity and diffusion
The last name is the 584,278th most frequent surname at a global level, held by around 1 in 13,596,168 people. It is primarily found in Africa, where 90 percent of Dougou live; 88 percent live in West Africa and 57 percent live in Atlantic-Niger Africa. Dougou is also the 316,970th most frequently occurring first name in the world, held by 682 people.
This last name is most numerous in The Ivory Coast, where it is borne by 275 people, or 1 in 83,895. In The Ivory Coast Dougou is most prevalent in: Bas-Sassandra District, where 70 percent live, Abidjan Autonomous District, where 18 percent live and Sassandra-Marahoué District, where 8 percent live. Other than The Ivory Coast this last name exists in 10 countries. It also occurs in Niger, where 31 percent live and Benin, where 15 percent live.
Phonetically Similar Names
Dougou Name Transliterations
| Transliteration | ICU Latin | Percentage of Incidence |
|---|---|---|
| Dougou in the Hassaniya-Arabic language | ||
| ﺩﻭﻛﻮ | dwkw | 77.78 |
| ﺩﻛﻮ | dkw | 22.22 |
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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 Dougou
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