Doungou Surname
Approximately 290 people bear this surname
Doungou Surname Distribution Map
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| Niger | 139 | 1:138,072 | 5,185 |
| Benin | 63 | 1:164,057 | 16,557 |
| Cameroon | 52 | 1:399,405 | 34,455 |
| Burkina Faso | 20 | 1:917,605 | 9,572 |
| Congo | 12 | 1:415,758 | 10,462 |
| DR Congo | 1 | 1:73,879,570 | 260,543 |
| France | 1 | 1:66,422,722 | 504,397 |
| Gabon | 1 | 1:1,889,194 | 6,814 |
| Mauritania | 1 | 1:4,094,863 | 38,869 |
Doungou (177) may also be a first name.
Doungou Last Name Facts
Where Does The Last Name Doungou Come From? nationality or country of origin
The surname Doungou (Hassaniya-Arabic: ﺩﻭﻧﻜﻮ) occurs in Niger more than any other country/territory. It can also appear as a variant:. Click here for further potential spellings of Doungou.
How Common Is The Last Name Doungou? popularity and diffusion
The last name Doungou is the 914,967th most widespread family name world-wide It is held by around 1 in 25,129,469 people. The surname Doungou occurs mostly in Africa, where 100 percent of Doungou reside; 86 percent reside in West Africa and 53 percent reside in Chadic Africa. It is also the 685,598th most frequently occurring first name world-wide. It is borne by 177 people.
The last name is most commonly held in Niger, where it is borne by 139 people, or 1 in 138,072. In Niger it is primarily found in: Tillabéri Region, where 30 percent live, Tahoua Region, where 28 percent live and Maradi Region, where 21 percent live. Not including Niger Doungou exists in 8 countries. It is also common in Benin, where 22 percent live and Cameroon, where 18 percent live.
Phonetically Similar Names
Doungou Name Transliterations
| Transliteration | ICU Latin | Percentage of Incidence |
|---|---|---|
| Doungou in the Hassaniya-Arabic language | ||
| ﺩﻭﻧﻜﻮ | dwnkw | - |
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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
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- 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 Doungou
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