Doukou Surname
Approximately 492 people bear this surname
Doukou Surname Distribution Map
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| Benin | 138 | 1:74,896 | 8,970 |
| Ivory Coast | 120 | 1:192,260 | 8,357 |
| Niger | 113 | 1:169,841 | 6,089 |
| Congo | 58 | 1:86,019 | 7,322 |
| Cameroon | 50 | 1:415,381 | 35,427 |
| Greece | 3 | 1:3,693,263 | 126,191 |
| Burkina Faso | 2 | 1:9,176,050 | 23,741 |
| Canada | 2 | 1:18,422,796 | 409,488 |
| France | 2 | 1:33,211,361 | 423,184 |
| Chad | 1 | 1:13,592,199 | 13,092 |
| Ghana | 1 | 1:27,020,692 | 23,742 |
| Guinea | 1 | 1:11,833,817 | 3,268 |
| Togo | 1 | 1:7,247,768 | 12,049 |
Doukou (162) may also be a first name.
Doukou Last Name Facts
Where Does The Last Name Doukou Come From? nationality or country of origin
The surname Doukou is carried by more people in Benin than any other country or territory. It can also appear in the variant forms:. For other potential spellings of this surname click here.
How Common Is The Last Name Doukou? popularity and diffusion
This last name is the 623,516th most commonly used surname on a worldwide basis, held by approximately 1 in 14,812,085 people. It occurs predominantly in Africa, where 88 percent of Doukou are found; 68 percent are found in West Africa and 42 percent are found in Atlantic-Niger Africa. Doukou is also the 720,105th most frequently occurring first name internationally, held by 162 people.
This last name is most numerous in Benin, where it is borne by 138 people, or 1 in 74,896. In Benin Doukou is most prevalent in: Atakora Department, where 57 percent reside, Collines Department, where 28 percent reside and Mono Department, where 6 percent reside. Apart from Benin it is found in 12 countries. It is also common in The Ivory Coast, where 24 percent reside and Niger, where 23 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 Doukou
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