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
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Doute Last Name Facts
Where Does The Last Name Doute Come From? nationality or country of origin
The surname Doute (Hassaniya-Arabic: ﺍﻟﺪﻭﺕ) is borne by more people in Benin than any other country/territory. It can be found in the variant forms: Douté. For other possible spellings of this name click here.
How Common Is The Last Name Doute? popularity and diffusion
Doute is the 110,984th most numerous last name on a worldwide basis, borne by approximately 1 in 1,740,933 people. The surname is mostly found in Africa, where 91 percent of Doute reside; 91 percent reside in West Africa and 90 percent reside in Atlantic-Niger Africa. It is also the 336,805th most prevalent forename world-wide, borne by 615 people.
The last name is most commonly held in Benin, where it is borne by 3,129 people, or 1 in 3,303. In Benin Doute is mostly concentrated in: Atakora Department, where 80 percent reside, Borgou Department, where 18 percent reside and Donga Department, where 1 percent reside. Without taking into account Benin it exists in 18 countries. It is also common in Togo, where 15 percent reside and The United States, where 5 percent reside.
Doute Family Population Trend historical fluctuation
The incidence of Doute has changed over time. In The United States the number of people carrying the Doute last name expanded 878 percent between 1880 and 2014.
Doute Last Name Statistics demography
In The United States those holding the Doute last name are 8.84% more likely to be registered with the Democratic Party than The US average, with 62.07% being registered to vote for the 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
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- 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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