Dhorah Surname
Approximately 152 people bear this surname
Dhorah Surname Distribution Map
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| Mauritius | 145 | 1:8,920 | 1,883 |
| India | 6 | 1:127,844,230 | 863,365 |
| Guyana | 1 | 1:762,221 | 14,420 |
Dhorah Last Name Facts
Where Does The Last Name Dhorah Come From? nationality or country of origin
Dhorah occurs more in Mauritius more than any other country/territory. It may also appear in the variant forms:. For other possible spellings of this surname click here.
How Common Is The Last Name Dhorah? popularity and diffusion
The surname Dhorah is the 1,422,956th most commonly held surname in the world, held by approximately 1 in 47,944,381 people. The last name Dhorah occurs predominantly in Africa, where 95 percent of Dhorah live; 95 percent live in Southern Africa and 95 percent live in Southern African Indian Ocean.
This surname is most frequently occurring in Mauritius, where it is borne by 145 people, or 1 in 8,920. In Mauritius Dhorah is primarily found in: Moka District, where 91 percent live, Flacq District, where 3 percent live and Plaines Wilhems District, where 3 percent live. Other than Mauritius it is found in 2 countries. It is also common in India, where 4 percent live and Guyana, where 1 percent live.
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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 Dhorah
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