Dhobe Surname
Approximately 3,004 people bear this surname
Dhobe Surname Distribution Map
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| India | 2,972 | 1:258,097 | 14,885 |
| Tanzania | 12 | 1:4,411,801 | 54,433 |
| Zimbabwe | 10 | 1:1,543,824 | 78,460 |
| Indonesia | 7 | 1:18,892,742 | 520,071 |
| United States | 2 | 1:181,229,466 | 1,556,795 |
| Uganda | 1 | 1:39,039,279 | 258,887 |
Dhobe (82) may also be a first name.
Dhobe Last Name Facts
Where Does The Last Name Dhobe Come From? nationality or country of origin
Dhobe (Hindi: धोबे, Marathi: धोबे) is carried by more people in India than any other country or territory. It may also be rendered in the variant forms:. Click here for further possible spellings of Dhobe.
How Common Is The Last Name Dhobe? popularity and diffusion
The surname Dhobe is the 147,394th most commonly used last name throughout the world, borne by around 1 in 2,425,947 people. The surname Dhobe occurs mostly in Asia, where 99 percent of Dhobe reside; 99 percent reside in South Asia and 99 percent reside in Indo-South Asia. Dhobe is also the 1,060,447th most frequent first name throughout the world. It is borne by 82 people.
The last name is most commonly used in India, where it is held by 2,972 people, or 1 in 258,097. In India Dhobe is primarily concentrated in: Maharashtra, where 98 percent live, Telangana, where 1 percent live and Gujarat, where 0 percent live. Without taking into account India this surname occurs in 5 countries. It is also found in Tanzania, where 0 percent live and Zimbabwe, where 0 percent live.
Phonetically Similar Names
Dhobe Name Transliterations
| Transliteration | ICU Latin | Percentage of Incidence |
|---|---|---|
| Dhobe in the Hindi language | ||
| धोबे | dhobe | - |
| Dhobe in the Marathi language | ||
| धोबे | dhobe | 64.24 |
| ढोबे | dhobe | 34.53 |
| धोबेे | dhobee | 0.18 |
| धोबीे | dhobie | 0.13 |
| ढोणे | dhone | 0.04 |
| ढेबे | dhebe | 0.04 |
| धाबे | dhabe | 0.04 |
| ढोब | dhoba | 0.04 |
| दोबे | dobe | 0.02 |
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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 Dhobe
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