Douroy Surname
Approximately 14 people bear this surname
Douroy Surname Distribution Map
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| Cameroon | 11 | 1:1,888,097 | 98,267 |
| Niger | 2 | 1:9,596,008 | 86,358 |
| Benin | 1 | 1:10,335,602 | 103,742 |
Douroy (17) may also be a first name.
Douroy Last Name Facts
Where Does The Last Name Douroy Come From? nationality or country of origin
The last name Douroy occurs more in Cameroon more than any other country/territory. It may also be rendered as a variant:. For other potential spellings of this name click here.
How Common Is The Last Name Douroy? popularity and diffusion
This last name is the 5,213,395th most frequent family name on a worldwide basis It is held by around 1 in 520,538,994 people. The surname Douroy is predominantly found in Africa, where 100 percent of Douroy are found; 93 percent are found in West Africa and 71 percent are found in Chadic Africa. It is also the 2,694,839th most widely held forename at a global level, borne by 17 people.
This last name is most commonly held in Cameroon, where it is borne by 11 people, or 1 in 1,888,097. In Cameroon Douroy is primarily concentrated in: North Region, where 91 percent live and East Region, where 9 percent live. Besides Cameroon this surname is found in 2 countries. It is also found in Niger, where 14 percent live and Benin, where 7 percent live.
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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 Douroy
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