Dounon Surname
Approximately 134 people bear this surname
Dounon Surname Distribution Map
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| Benin | 69 | 1:149,791 | 15,556 |
| France | 60 | 1:1,107,045 | 119,335 |
| Ivory Coast | 5 | 1:4,614,246 | 51,139 |
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| United States | 3 | 1:16,739,561 | 595,711 |
Dounon (21) may also be a first name.
Dounon Last Name Facts
Where Does The Last Name Dounon Come From? nationality or country of origin
The surname Dounon is more frequently found in Benin than any other country/territory. It may also appear in the variant forms:. Click here to see other potential spellings of this last name.
How Common Is The Last Name Dounon? popularity and diffusion
This surname is the 1,544,715th most common family name throughout the world, borne by approximately 1 in 54,384,671 people. The surname occurs mostly in Africa, where 51 percent of Dounon live; 51 percent live in West Africa and 51 percent live in Atlantic-Niger Africa. Dounon is also the 2,368,944th most common first name on earth, borne by 21 people.
Dounon is most frequent in Benin, where it is borne by 69 people, or 1 in 149,791. In Benin it is mostly found in: Zou Department, where 72 percent reside, Mono Department, where 16 percent reside and Littoral Department, where 7 percent reside. Not including Benin this surname is found in 2 countries. It is also common in France, where 45 percent reside and The Ivory Coast, where 4 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 Dounon
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