Dukur Surname

1,434,893rd
Most Common
surname in the World

Approximately 150 people bear this surname

Most prevalent in:
Nigeria
Highest density in:
Papua New Guinea

Dukur Surname

The meaning of this surname is not listed.

Dukur Surname Distribution Map

PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
Nigeria1041:1,703,29662,619
Indonesia221:6,011,327267,290
India141:54,790,384527,769
Papua New Guinea71:1,164,817109,517
Brazil11:214,074,3321,693,628
Malaysia11:29,494,225409,885
Ukraine11:45,522,696503,646

Dukur (55) may also be a first name.

Dukur Last Name Facts

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

Dukur (Marathi: डुकुर, Oriya: ଡୁକୁର, Russian: Дукур) is more frequently found in Nigeria than any other country or territory. It can be rendered as a variant:. Click here for other potential spellings of this last name.

How Common Is The Last Name Dukur? popularity and diffusion

The last name Dukur is the 1,434,893rd most commonly used surname in the world It is held by approximately 1 in 48,583,639 people. The surname Dukur is predominantly found in Africa, where 69 percent of Dukur live; 69 percent live in West Africa and 69 percent live in Atlantic-Niger Africa. Dukur is also the 1,336,256th most frequently held first name world-wide It is held by 55 people.

The surname Dukur is most common in Nigeria, where it is borne by 104 people, or 1 in 1,703,296. In Nigeria Dukur is most frequent in: Benue, where 74 percent are found, Adamawa, where 12 percent are found and Gombe, where 8 percent are found. Barring Nigeria this last name occurs in 6 countries. It also occurs in Indonesia, where 15 percent are found and India, where 9 percent are found.

Phonetically Similar Names

SurnameSimilarityWorldwide IncidencePrevalency
Dukure9195/
Duckur9127/
Dhukur912/
Dukhur911/
Dukuir911/
Dukaur911/
Dukoure8314/
Doukour835/
Dhukure833/
Dukkure832/
Dokur802,203/
Dukor80384/
Dikur80127/
Ducur801/
Doukoure7728,603/
Doukhour77578/
Douskurt7712/
Daukoure771/
Duddkure771/
Duckor7344/
Ducour7325/
Dookur7311/
Ducure734/
Dokkur734/
Ducuir734/
Doukor731/
Dukhor731/
Dikaur731/
Dikkur731/
Doucur731/
Dhokur731/
Ducœur731/
Douckoure7115/
Doukhoure712/
Doukkoure711/
Doucour67780/
Ducourt67187/
Douceur67133/
Ducoure6717/
Daucour6713/
Ducourd679/
Dookure676/
Dickour671/

Dukur Name Transliterations

TransliterationICU LatinPercentage of Incidence
Dukur in the Oriya language
ଡୁକୁରdukura66.67
ଦୁକୁରdukura33.33
Dukur in the Marathi language
डुकुरdukura57.14
डूकुरdukura28.57
डूकूरdukura14.29
Dukur in the Russian language
Дукурdukur-

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Footnotes

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  • Similar: Names listed in the "Similar" section are phonetically similar and may not have any relation to Dukur
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