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
Dhoba (Hindi: धोबा, Marathi: धोबा, Oriya: େଧାବା) is more frequently found in India than any other country or territory. It may be found in the variant forms:. For other potential spellings of this name click here.
How Common Is The Last Name Dhoba? popularity and diffusion
Dhoba is the 270,601st most commonly held family name globally It is held by around 1 in 5,057,284 people. It occurs mostly in Asia, where 73 percent of Dhoba live; 73 percent live in South Asia and 73 percent live in Indo-South Asia. Dhoba is also the 62,850th most widely held forename internationally, held by 9,633 people.
This surname is most frequently used in India, where it is borne by 1,059 people, or 1 in 724,330. In India Dhoba is primarily concentrated in: Odisha, where 80 percent live, Jharkhand, where 8 percent live and Gujarat, where 4 percent live. Other than India Dhoba is found in 4 countries. It also occurs 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
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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 Dhoba
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