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
Dounon occurs more in Benin more than any other country or territory. It may be found in the variant forms:. For other possible spellings of Dounon click here.
How Common Is The Last Name Dounon? popularity and diffusion
This last name is the 1,544,715th most commonly used surname on a worldwide basis, borne by around 1 in 54,384,671 people. The last name occurs predominantly 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 commonly used first name throughout the world, borne by 21 people.
The last name is most commonly used in Benin, where it is carried by 69 people, or 1 in 149,791. In Benin it is most prevalent in: Zou Department, where 72 percent reside, Mono Department, where 16 percent reside and Littoral Department, where 7 percent reside. Apart from Benin it occurs in 2 countries. It also occurs 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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