Dhoba Surname
Approximately 1,441 people bear this surname
Dhoba Surname Distribution Map
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| India | 1,059 | 1:724,330 | 33,288 |
| Egypt | 275 | 1:334,312 | 21,412 |
| Zimbabwe | 105 | 1:147,031 | 18,799 |
| South Africa | 1 | 1:54,177,704 | 343,732 |
| Uganda | 1 | 1:39,039,279 | 258,887 |
Dhoba (9,633) may also be a first name.
Dhoba Last Name Facts
Where Does The Last Name Dhoba Come From? nationality or country of origin
The surname Dhoba (Hindi: धोबा, Marathi: धोबा, Oriya: େଧାବା) is more commonly found in India than any other country or territory. It may also occur as:. For other potential spellings of this name click here.
How Common Is The Last Name Dhoba? popularity and diffusion
It is the 270,601st most commonly used last name on a worldwide basis, held by around 1 in 5,057,284 people. This surname occurs mostly in Asia, where 73 percent of Dhoba are found; 73 percent are found in South Asia and 73 percent are found in Indo-South Asia. It is also the 62,850th most frequent forename in the world, borne by 9,633 people.
This last name is most frequently held in India, where it is borne by 1,059 people, or 1 in 724,330. In India Dhoba is most common in: Odisha, where 80 percent live, Jharkhand, where 8 percent live and Gujarat, where 4 percent live. Beside India this surname is found in 4 countries. It is also found in Egypt, where 19 percent live and Zimbabwe, where 7 percent live.
Phonetically Similar Names
Dhoba Name Transliterations
| Transliteration | ICU Latin | Percentage of Incidence |
|---|---|---|
| Dhoba in the Oriya language | ||
| େଧାବା | edhaba | 95.22 |
| େଧାବାାଇଁ | edhabaa'im | 4.22 |
| େଧାବ | edhaba | 0.14 |
| ଧୁବା | dhuba | 0.05 |
| ଧୃବ | dhrba | 0.05 |
| ଧବା | dhaba | 0.03 |
| ଉଧବ | udhaba | 0.02 |
| ଦବା | daba | 0.02 |
| Dhoba in the Hindi language | ||
| धोबा | dhoba | 81.25 |
| ढोबा | dhoba | 18.75 |
| Dhoba in the Marathi language | ||
| धोबा | dhoba | 69.37 |
| ढोबा | dhoba | 27.03 |
| ढोब | dhoba | 2.7 |
| ठोबा | thoba | 0.9 |
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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 Dhoba
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