Dounle Surname
Approximately 3 people bear this surname
Dounle Surname Distribution Map
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| Cameroon | 2 | 1:10,384,534 | 165,830 |
| Niger | 1 | 1:19,192,017 | 110,060 |
Dounle (6) may also be a first name.
Dounle Last Name Facts
Where Does The Last Name Dounle Come From? nationality or country of origin
The last name Dounle occurs most in Cameroon. It can be rendered as a variant:. Click here for other potential spellings of this surname.
How Common Is The Last Name Dounle? popularity and diffusion
Dounle is the 10,311,814th most commonly held surname at a global level, borne by approximately 1 in 2,147,483,647 people. This surname occurs predominantly in Africa, where 100 percent of Dounle reside; 67 percent reside in West Africa and 33 percent reside in Central Bantu Africa. Dounle is also the 4,967,096th most frequently occurring first name at a global level, borne by 6 people.
The last name is most frequently held in Cameroon, where it is held by 2 people, or 1 in 10,384,534. In Cameroon it is mostly concentrated in: Littoral Region, where 50 percent reside and North Region, where 50 percent reside. Aside from Cameroon this last name occurs in one country. It is also common in Niger, where 33 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 Dounle
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