Dhobo Surname
Approximately 30 people bear this surname
Dhobo Surname Distribution Map
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| Indonesia | 9 | 1:14,694,355 | 460,137 |
| India | 8 | 1:95,883,173 | 728,828 |
| Zimbabwe | 7 | 1:2,205,463 | 97,905 |
| Nepal | 4 | 1:7,120,239 | 14,461 |
| Nigeria | 1 | 1:177,142,758 | 748,972 |
| Somaliland | 1 | 1:3,500,182 | 1,592 |
Dhobo (81) may also be a first name.
Dhobo Last Name Facts
Where Does The Last Name Dhobo Come From? nationality or country of origin
The last name Dhobo (Hindi: ढोबो, Marathi: धोबी) has its highest incidence in Indonesia. It can also appear in the variant forms:. For other possible spellings of Dhobo click here.
How Common Is The Last Name Dhobo? popularity and diffusion
The last name Dhobo is the 3,602,217th most commonly used family name on earth It is held by around 1 in 242,918,197 people. This last name occurs predominantly in Asia, where 70 percent of Dhobo reside; 40 percent reside in South Asia and 40 percent reside in Indo-South Asia. It is also the 1,068,082nd most frequently held forename in the world, borne by 81 people.
The surname is most common in Indonesia, where it is borne by 9 people, or 1 in 14,694,355. In Indonesia Dhobo is most frequent in: East Nusa Tenggara, where 100 percent are found. Beside Indonesia Dhobo exists in 5 countries. It is also common in India, where 27 percent are found and Zimbabwe, where 23 percent are found.
Phonetically Similar Names
Dhobo Name Transliterations
| Transliteration | ICU Latin | Percentage of Incidence |
|---|---|---|
| Dhobo in the Hindi language | ||
| ढोबो | dhobo | - |
| Dhobo in the Marathi language | ||
| धोबी | dhobi | 66.67 |
| धोबो | dhobo | 33.33 |
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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 Dhobo
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