Dhoby Surname
Approximately 19 people bear this surname
Dhoby Surname Distribution Map
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| India | 10 | 1:76,706,538 | 639,611 |
| Qatar | 9 | 1:262,000 | 30,726 |
Dhoby Last Name Facts
Where Does The Last Name Dhoby Come From? nationality or country of origin
Dhoby (Hindi: धोब्या, Marathi: धोबी) is carried by more people in India than any other country/territory. It may appear in the variant forms:. Click here to see other potential spellings of this last name.
How Common Is The Last Name Dhoby? popularity and diffusion
This last name is the 4,532,898th most numerous family name globally, held by approximately 1 in 383,555,048 people. The surname Dhoby is primarily found in Asia, where 100 percent of Dhoby live; 53 percent live in South Asia and 47 percent live in Indo-South Asia.
Dhoby is most frequently used in India, where it is carried by 10 people, or 1 in 76,706,538. In India Dhoby is primarily found in: Madhya Pradesh, where 60 percent are found, Bihar, where 10 percent are found and Delhi, where 10 percent are found. Other than India this last name exists in one country. It also occurs in Qatar, where 47 percent are found.
Phonetically Similar Names
Dhoby Name Transliterations
| Transliteration | ICU Latin | Percentage of Incidence |
|---|---|---|
| Dhoby in the Hindi language | ||
| धोब्या | dhobya | - |
| Dhoby in the Marathi language | ||
| धोबी | dhobi | - |
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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 Dhoby
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