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
The last name Doute (Hassaniya-Arabic: ﺍﻟﺪﻭﺕ) is borne by more people in Benin than any other country or territory. It can be rendered as: Douté. Click here for other possible spellings of this surname.
How Common Is The Last Name Doute? popularity and diffusion
The surname is the 110,984th most commonly used family name globally, held by approximately 1 in 1,740,933 people. The surname Doute occurs predominantly in Africa, where 91 percent of Doute are found; 91 percent are found in West Africa and 90 percent are found in Atlantic-Niger Africa. It is also the 336,805th most widespread first name globally It is held by 615 people.
This surname is most commonly held in Benin, where it is borne by 3,129 people, or 1 in 3,303. In Benin it is most numerous in: Atakora Department, where 80 percent live, Borgou Department, where 18 percent live and Donga Department, where 1 percent live. Besides 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 occurrence of Doute has changed through the years. In The United States the share of the population with the last name rose 878 percent between 1880 and 2014.
Doute Last Name Statistics demography
In The United States those bearing the Doute last name are 8.84% more likely to be registered Democrats than the national average, with 62.07% being registered to vote for 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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