Dounan Surname
Approximately 214 people bear this surname
Dounan Surname Distribution Map
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| Ivory Coast | 107 | 1:215,619 | 9,011 |
| Algeria | 60 | 1:643,859 | 39,768 |
| Benin | 21 | 1:492,172 | 32,947 |
| Cameroon | 10 | 1:2,076,907 | 105,188 |
| Taiwan | 8 | 1:2,930,593 | 17,989 |
| Australia | 5 | 1:5,399,140 | 162,351 |
| United States | 3 | 1:120,819,644 | 1,331,040 |
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| Ireland | 5 | 1:885,973 | 23,404 |
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| Scotland | 19 | 1:197,011 | 7,414 |
| England | 4 | 1:6,093,842 | 135,151 |
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| United States | 13 | 1:3,862,976 | 168,604 |
Dounan (1,608) may also be a first name.
Dounan Demographics
Dounan Religious Adherence
in Ireland
Religious Adherence
in Ireland
Dounan Last Name Facts
Where Does The Last Name Dounan Come From? nationality or country of origin
The last name Dounan is more frequently found in The Ivory Coast than any other country or territory. It can be found as:. For other possible spellings of this surname click here.
How Common Is The Last Name Dounan? popularity and diffusion
The surname is the 1,129,067th most commonly occurring surname on earth, borne by around 1 in 34,053,953 people. This surname occurs predominantly in Africa, where 87 percent of Dounan reside; 55 percent reside in West Africa and 50 percent reside in Atlantic-Niger Africa. It is also the 192,699th most prevalent given name world-wide. It is borne by 1,608 people.
The surname is most commonly used in The Ivory Coast, where it is held by 107 people, or 1 in 215,619. In The Ivory Coast it is most common in: Montagnes District, where 88 percent are found, Abidjan Autonomous District, where 10 percent are found and Sassandra-Marahoué District, where 1 percent are found. Excluding The Ivory Coast this last name exists in 6 countries. It also occurs in Algeria, where 28 percent are found and Benin, where 10 percent are found.
Dounan Family Population Trend historical fluctuation
The incidence of Dounan has changed over time. In The United States the number of people carrying the Dounan surname contracted 77 percent between 1880 and 2014.
Dounan Last Name Statistics demography
The religious adherence of those carrying the surname is primarily Presbyterian (80%) in Ireland.
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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 Dounan
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