Dukuye Surname
Approximately 619 people bear this surname
Dukuye Surname Distribution Map
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| Nigeria | 609 | 1:290,875 | 16,329 |
| Papua New Guinea | 10 | 1:815,372 | 88,623 |
Dukuye (17) may also be a first name.
Dukuye Last Name Facts
Where Does The Last Name Dukuye Come From? nationality or country of origin
Dukuye has its highest incidence in Nigeria. It may also be rendered in the variant forms:. Click here for other potential spellings of Dukuye.
How Common Is The Last Name Dukuye? popularity and diffusion
The surname Dukuye is the 524,446th most widespread surname worldwide, borne by around 1 in 11,773,095 people. The surname Dukuye occurs predominantly in Africa, where 98 percent of Dukuye reside; 98 percent reside in West Africa and 98 percent reside in Atlantic-Niger Africa. Dukuye is also the 2,694,839th most frequently used first name worldwide It is held by 17 people.
It is most commonly used in Nigeria, where it is carried by 609 people, or 1 in 290,875. In Nigeria Dukuye is mostly concentrated in: Delta, where 84 percent reside, Bayelsa, where 6 percent reside and Rivers, where 3 percent reside. Not including Nigeria this last name is found in one country. It is also common in Papua New Guinea, where 2 percent reside.
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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 Dukuye
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