Dounou Surname
Approximately 231 people bear this surname
Dounou Surname Distribution Map
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| Niger | 129 | 1:148,775 | 5,453 |
| Cameroon | 42 | 1:494,502 | 40,134 |
| Benin | 34 | 1:303,988 | 24,879 |
| Greece | 17 | 1:651,752 | 73,285 |
| Ivory Coast | 3 | 1:7,690,411 | 57,263 |
| Guinea | 2 | 1:5,916,908 | 2,656 |
| France | 1 | 1:66,422,722 | 504,397 |
| Liberia | 1 | 1:4,408,535 | 47,110 |
| Togo | 1 | 1:7,247,768 | 12,049 |
| United States | 1 | 1:362,458,933 | 1,988,048 |
Dounou (95) may also be a first name.
Dounou Last Name Facts
Where Does The Last Name Dounou Come From? nationality or country of origin
The last name Dounou (Hassaniya-Arabic: ﺩﻭﻧﻮ) is carried by more people in Niger than any other country or territory. It can also appear as a variant:. Click here to see other potential spellings of Dounou.
How Common Is The Last Name Dounou? popularity and diffusion
It is the 1,073,555th most commonly occurring family name at a global level. It is borne by approximately 1 in 31,547,818 people. The surname Dounou occurs mostly in Africa, where 92 percent of Dounou reside; 82 percent reside in West Africa and 64 percent reside in Chadic Africa. Dounou is also the 974,243rd most widely held first name internationally It is held by 95 people.
The last name is most commonly occurring in Niger, where it is carried by 129 people, or 1 in 148,775. In Niger Dounou is most numerous in: Zinder Region, where 47 percent are found, Tillabéri Region, where 35 percent are found and Diffa Region, where 11 percent are found. Aside from Niger this last name is found in 9 countries. It also occurs in Cameroon, where 18 percent are found and Benin, where 15 percent are found.
Phonetically Similar Names
Dounou Name Transliterations
| Transliteration | ICU Latin | Percentage of Incidence |
|---|---|---|
| Dounou in the Hassaniya-Arabic language | ||
| ﺩﻭﻧﻮ | dwnw | 66.67 |
| ﺩﻥ | dn | 33.33 |
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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 Dounou
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