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Doukas
Doukas, Latinized as Ducas (Greek: Δούκας; feminine: Doukaina/Ducaena, Δούκαινα; plural: Doukai/Ducae, Δοῦκαι), from the Latin title dux ("leader", "general", Hellenized as δοὺξ [ðouks]), is the name of a Byzantine Greek noble family, whose branches provided several notable generals and rulers to the Byzantine Empire in the 9th–11th centuries. A maternally-descended line, the Komnenodoukai, founded the Despotate of Epirus in the 13th century, with another branch ruling over Thessaly. After the 12th century, the name "Doukas" and other variants proliferated across the Byzantine world, and were sometimes presented as signifying a direct genealogical relationship with the original family or the later branch based in the Despotate of Epirus. The continuity of descent amongst the various branches of the original, middle Byzantine family is not clear, and historians generally recognize several distinct groups of Doukai based on their occurrence in the contemporary sources. According to Demetrios I. Polemis, who compiled the only overview work on the bearers of the Doukas name, in view of this lack of genealogical continuity "it would be a mistake to view the groups of people designated by the cognomen of Doukas as forming one large family".
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DOUKAS
According to the U.S. Census Bureau, Doukas is ranked #39659 in terms of the most common surnames in America.
The Doukas surname appeared 554 times in the 2010 census and if you were to sample 100,000 people in the United States, approximately 0 would have the surname Doukas.
95.3% or 528 total occurrences were White.
3.6% or 20 total occurrences were of Hispanic origin.
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Chaldean Numerology
The numerical value of doukas in Chaldean Numerology is: 5
Pythagorean Numerology
The numerical value of doukas in Pythagorean Numerology is: 8
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