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 surname Doyen (Tibetan: རྡོ་ཡོན།) occurs in France more than any other country/territory. It may appear as a variant: Dóyen. Click here for other possible spellings of this name.

How Common Is The Last Name Doyen? popularity and diffusion

The surname is the 51,887th most commonly occurring family name on a worldwide basis It is held by around 1 in 738,278 people. The last name is mostly found in Europe, where 81 percent of Doyen are found; 80 percent are found in Western Europe and 75 percent are found in Gallo-Europe. Doyen is also the 132,043rd most widely held forename globally, held by 3,004 people.

The last name Doyen is most commonly occurring in France, where it is held by 5,568 people, or 1 in 11,929. In France Doyen is most common in: Grand Est, where 21 percent are found, Île-de-France, where 20 percent are found and Hauts-de-France, where 15 percent are found. Without taking into account France this last name exists in 52 countries. It is also found in Belgium, where 21 percent are found and The United States, where 12 percent are found.

Doyen Family Population Trend historical fluctuation

The frequency of Doyen has changed through the years. In The United States the share of the population with the last name rose 832 percent between 1880 and 2014 and in England it rose 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 US average, with 55.26% 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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