Dhosa Surname
Approximately 745 people bear this surname
Dhosa Surname Distribution Map
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| Indonesia | 506 | 1:261,362 | 23,685 |
| India | 231 | 1:3,320,629 | 96,177 |
| Nepal | 3 | 1:9,493,652 | 16,132 |
| Benin | 2 | 1:5,167,801 | 84,334 |
| DR Congo | 1 | 1:73,879,570 | 260,543 |
| Pakistan | 1 | 1:178,643,885 | 213,220 |
| South Africa | 1 | 1:54,177,704 | 343,732 |
Dhosa (204) may also be a first name.
Dhosa Last Name Facts
Where Does The Last Name Dhosa Come From? nationality or country of origin
Dhosa (Hindi: धोसा, Marathi: धोसा, Oriya: େଧାସା) is more frequently found in Indonesia than any other country/territory. It may be found in the variant forms:. For other potential spellings of this surname click here.
How Common Is The Last Name Dhosa? popularity and diffusion
The surname is the 454,874th most commonly used last name world-wide, held by around 1 in 9,781,941 people. The last name is mostly found in Asia, where 99 percent of Dhosa live; 68 percent live in Southeast Asia and 68 percent live in Malayo-Arabic Southeast Asia. It is also the 633,892nd most commonly held forename on earth. It is borne by 204 people.
Dhosa is most numerous in Indonesia, where it is carried by 506 people, or 1 in 261,362. In Indonesia Dhosa is primarily found in: East Nusa Tenggara, where 91 percent live, Riau Islands, where 8 percent live and West Kalimantan, where 1 percent live. Aside from Indonesia it is found in 6 countries. It is also found in India, where 31 percent live and Nepal, where 0 percent live.
Phonetically Similar Names
Dhosa Name Transliterations
| Transliteration | ICU Latin | Percentage of Incidence |
|---|---|---|
| Dhosa in the Hindi language | ||
| धोसा | dhosa | 83.33 |
| ढोसा | dhosa | 16.67 |
| Dhosa in the Marathi language | ||
| धोसा | dhosa | 71.43 |
| ढोसा | dhosa | 28.57 |
| Dhosa in the Oriya language | ||
| େଧାସା | edhasa | 50 |
| ଧୁସା | dhusa | 50 |
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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 Dhosa
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