Doyen Surname

51,887th
Most Common
surname in the World

Approximately 9,871 people bear this surname

Most prevalent in:
France
Highest density in:
Monaco

Doyen Surname

The meaning of this surname is not listed.

Doyen Surname Distribution Map

PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
France5,5681:11,9291,178
Belgium2,1171:5,431648
United States1,1821:306,64928,191
Germany2161:372,71035,308
Haiti2141:49,9253,023
Liberia1071:41,2013,786
Netherlands751:225,16229,957
Argentina511:838,10654,910
Thailand431:1,642,752213,663
Turkey391:1,995,42169,208
Panama321:122,2584,322
DR Congo271:2,736,280122,818
England261:2,143,00282,017
Switzerland231:357,08327,273
New Caledonia211:13,1533,514
French Polynesia181:15,6003,086
Canada141:2,631,828153,264
Estonia121:110,15019,471
Spain121:3,896,00372,236
Brazil81:26,759,292405,030
Monaco71:5,295668
Kenya61:7,696,65052,907
Congo51:997,81917,129
Indonesia51:26,449,839597,308
Nigeria51:35,428,552388,973
Mali41:4,242,2592,433
Venezuela31:10,068,02660,591
Algeria31:12,877,18484,902
Jamaica31:956,64910,513
South Korea21:25,620,1284,175
Burkina Faso11:18,352,10030,051
Luxembourg11:580,54215,155
Burundi11:9,804,8522,349
Australia11:26,995,701270,794
United Arab Emirates11:9,162,273135,437
Uganda11:39,039,279258,887
Bhutan11:616,0391,715
Togo11:7,247,76812,049
Benin11:10,335,602103,742
Taiwan11:23,444,74693,622
India11:767,065,3821,851,717
Italy11:61,156,688199,583
South Africa11:54,177,704343,732
Senegal11:14,579,34211,705
Rwanda11:11,364,9785,947
Philippines11:101,238,223404,861
Peru11:31,784,12364,452
Ivory Coast11:23,071,23276,679
Oman11:3,687,97114,390
Norway11:5,142,286129,201
Bahamas11:391,7512,737
Austria11:8,515,435118,036
Liechtenstein11:38,3781,726
PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
England11:24,375,369195,128
PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
United States1421:353,65327,017

The alternate forms: Dóyen (1) are calculated separately.

Doyen (3,004) may also be a first name.

Doyen Last Name Facts

Where Does The Last Name Doyen Come From? nationality or country of origin

The last name Doyen (Tibetan: རྡོ་ཡོན།) is carried by more people in France than any other country/territory. It can also be rendered as: Dóyen. For other potential spellings of this last name click here.

How Common Is The Last Name Doyen? popularity and diffusion

The surname Doyen is the 51,887th most numerous family name on earth It is held by approximately 1 in 738,278 people. It occurs mostly in Europe, where 81 percent of Doyen live; 80 percent live in Western Europe and 75 percent live in Gallo-Europe. It is also the 132,043rd most common first name worldwide, held by 3,004 people.

The surname Doyen is most frequently occurring in France, where it is borne by 5,568 people, or 1 in 11,929. In France Doyen is mostly concentrated in: Grand Est, where 21 percent live, Île-de-France, where 20 percent live and Hauts-de-France, where 15 percent live. Besides France it occurs in 52 countries. It is also found in Belgium, where 21 percent live and The United States, where 12 percent live.

Doyen Family Population Trend historical fluctuation

The occurrence of Doyen has changed over time. In The United States the number of people who held the Doyen surname increased 832 percent between 1880 and 2014 and in England it increased 2,600 percent between 1881 and 2014.

Doyen Last Name Statistics demography

In The United States those bearing the Doyen surname are 8.49% more likely to be registered with the Republican Party than the national average, with 55.26% being registered with the political party.

The amount Doyen earn in different countries varies significantly. In United States they earn 2.22% less than the national average, earning $42,192 USD per year and in Canada they earn 27.2% less than the national average, earning $36,169 CAD per year.

Phonetically Similar Names

SurnameSimilarityWorldwide IncidencePrevalency
Dóyen931/
D'Oyen9199/
Doyeng9120/
Dooyen9118/
Douyen9113/
Doyene916/
Doysen915/
Dhoyen912/
Doyien911/
Duoyen911/
Dohyen911/
Doen89485/
Dyen89199/
Doyn8924/
Dooyene8313/
Doyenne833/
Doyscen831/
Doyon8011,147/
Duyen804,756/
Dowen801,143/
Dayen801,134/
Doyan80764/
Doyne80616/
Diyen80511/
Doyin80135/
Deyen80106/
Dhoen80103/
Douen8049/
Dojen8041/
Doehn8027/
Doyem807/
Dohyn804/
Doien802/
Düyen802/
Doyón801/
Doenn800/
Doyng800/
Douyon7327,630/
Duysen73863/
Doggen73613/
Deyene73246/
Douyem73231/
Dioyan73182/
Doucen73144/
Doying73129/
Dayeng7362/
Doyong7346/
Diojen7341/
Doyang7333/
Dousen7332/
Deysen7323/
Dayeen7319/
Doejen7317/
Doiten7317/
Dooyan7316/
Duyeng7315/
Douene7314/
Diyeng7314/
Doyina7312/
Dayene7310/
Duoyan738/
Douyan736/
Doyone734/
Dohyna734/
Deyend733/
D'Hoen733/
Dhayen732/
Duowen732/
Doyane732/
Douten732/
D'Owen732/
Dayien732/
Dayhen731/
Dohyon731/
Dojeen731/
Deyten731/
Duuyen731/
Dooyon731/
Dowien731/
Doyant731/
Daysen731/
Dauyen731/
Dowene731/
Dieyen731/
Doyanc731/
Dohgen731/
Doicyn731/
Duyene731/
Duyşen731/
Deyeen731/
Dheyen731/
Doutyn731/
Doujen731/
Doyhan731/
Doyoon731/
Dayend731/
Deeyen731/
Dhyenn731/
Dahyen730/
Dayten730/
Deyeng730/
Deen67355,223/
Dean67256,722/
Dien6713,335/
Daen673,876/
Dein672,892/
Doin671,075/
Doynova67626/
Duyn67601/
Duen67373/
Doun67339/
Deyn67244/
Deun67202/
Dayn67115/
Douenne6772/
Douyong6762/
Duyssen6745/
Douyang6730/
Duysent6715/
Douggen6714/
Dejn678/
Doussen678/
Deán678/
Daychen677/
Douchen674/
Dooyong673/
Doicent673/
Douteng672/
Douscen671/
Dooheen671/
Dayenne671/
Doucent671/
Douhien671/
Doyonkh671/
Dowenne671/
Duohyne671/
Dousent670/

Doyen Name Transliterations

TransliterationICU LatinPercentage of Incidence
Doyen in the Tibetan language
རྡོ་ཡོན།doyön33.33
རྡོ་ཡོན་doyön33.33
མདོ་ཡོན་doyön33.33

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Doyen Reference & Research

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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 Doyen
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