Dabison Surname

2,394,033rd
Most Common
surname in the World

Approximately 64 people bear this surname

Most prevalent in:
Nigeria
Highest density in:
Nigeria

Dabison Surname

The meaning of this surname is not listed.

Dabison Surname Distribution Map

PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
Nigeria561:3,163,26496,723
Malawi41:4,279,77724,060
Philippines21:50,619,112341,003
Uganda11:39,039,279258,887
United States11:362,458,9331,988,048

Dabison (164) may also be a first name.

Dabison Last Name Facts

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

The last name Dabison is borne by more people in Nigeria than any other country/territory. It can occur as a variant:. Click here for other potential spellings of Dabison.

How Common Is The Last Name Dabison? popularity and diffusion

Dabison is the 2,394,033rd most widespread family name on a worldwide basis, borne by approximately 1 in 113,867,905 people. The last name Dabison occurs mostly in Africa, where 95 percent of Dabison are found; 88 percent are found in West Africa and 88 percent are found in Atlantic-Niger Africa. It is also the 715,247th most common forename in the world It is held by 164 people.

The last name is most widely held in Nigeria, where it is borne by 56 people, or 1 in 3,163,264. In Nigeria it is most numerous in: Plateau, where 98 percent reside and Adamawa, where 2 percent reside. Aside from Nigeria this last name exists in 4 countries. It is also common in Malawi, where 6 percent reside and The Philippines, where 3 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
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  • 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 Dabison
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