Doute Surname
Approximately 4,186 people bear this surname
Doute Surname Distribution Map
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| Benin | 3,129 | 1:3,303 | 403 |
| Togo | 630 | 1:11,504 | 2,968 |
| United States | 202 | 1:1,794,351 | 117,764 |
| France | 167 | 1:397,741 | 58,569 |
| Nigeria | 21 | 1:8,435,369 | 179,591 |
| Germany | 7 | 1:11,500,780 | 305,602 |
| United States Virgin Islands | 7 | 1:15,768 | 2,111 |
| Cameroon | 5 | 1:4,153,814 | 129,697 |
| DR Congo | 4 | 1:18,469,892 | 182,906 |
| Mauritania | 3 | 1:1,364,954 | 27,355 |
| Brazil | 2 | 1:107,037,166 | 1,031,150 |
| Niger | 2 | 1:9,596,008 | 86,358 |
| Malaysia | 1 | 1:29,494,225 | 409,885 |
| Russia | 1 | 1:144,123,056 | 881,408 |
| South Africa | 1 | 1:54,177,704 | 343,732 |
| Ivory Coast | 1 | 1:23,071,232 | 76,679 |
| Haiti | 1 | 1:10,683,907 | 24,607 |
| Ghana | 1 | 1:27,020,692 | 23,742 |
| Burkina Faso | 1 | 1:18,352,100 | 30,051 |
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| United States | 23 | 1:2,183,421 | 107,224 |
The alternate forms: Douté (16) are calculated separately.
Doute (615) may also be a first name.
Doute Demographics
Average Doute Salary in
United States
$45,195 USD
Per year
Average Salary in
United States
$43,149 USD
Per year
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Doute Last Name Facts
Where Does The Last Name Doute Come From? nationality or country of origin
Doute (Hassaniya-Arabic: ﺍﻟﺪﻭﺕ) is found in Benin more than any other country or territory. It can be rendered as: Douté. Click here for further potential spellings of this last name.
How Common Is The Last Name Doute? popularity and diffusion
The surname is the 110,984th most commonly used last name on a worldwide basis. It is borne by approximately 1 in 1,740,933 people. The last name occurs predominantly in Africa, where 91 percent of Doute live; 91 percent live in West Africa and 90 percent live in Atlantic-Niger Africa. It is also the 336,805th most frequently held first name at a global level. It is borne by 615 people.
The last name is most commonly occurring in Benin, where it is held by 3,129 people, or 1 in 3,303. In Benin Doute is most frequent in: Atakora Department, where 80 percent live, Borgou Department, where 18 percent live and Donga Department, where 1 percent live. Other than Benin this last name is found in 18 countries. It also occurs in Togo, where 15 percent live and The United States, where 5 percent live.
Doute Family Population Trend historical fluctuation
The frequency of Doute has changed over time. In The United States the number of people carrying the Doute surname rose 878 percent between 1880 and 2014.
Doute Last Name Statistics demography
In The United States those holding the Doute surname are 8.84% more likely to be registered Democrats than the national average, with 62.07% being registered with the political party.
Doute earn around the same as the average income. In United States they earn 4.74% more than the national average, earning $45,195 USD per year.
Phonetically Similar Names
Doute Name Transliterations
| Transliteration | ICU Latin | Percentage of Incidence |
|---|---|---|
| Doute in the Hassaniya-Arabic language | ||
| ﺍﻟﺪﻭﺕ | aldwt | - |
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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 Doute
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