Dhossa Surname
Approximately 289 people bear this surname
Dhossa Surname Distribution Map
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| Benin | 285 | 1:36,265 | 4,685 |
| Nigeria | 3 | 1:59,047,586 | 507,603 |
| Togo | 1 | 1:7,247,768 | 12,049 |
Dhossa Last Name Facts
Where Does The Last Name Dhossa Come From? nationality or country of origin
The surname Dhossa is held by more people in Benin than any other country/territory. It can be rendered in the variant forms:. Click here for other possible spellings of this name.
How Common Is The Last Name Dhossa? popularity and diffusion
The surname Dhossa is the 917,199th most commonly held last name on a worldwide basis, held by around 1 in 25,216,422 people. Dhossa occurs predominantly in Africa, where 100 percent of Dhossa are found; 100 percent are found in West Africa and 100 percent are found in Atlantic-Niger Africa.
It is most commonly used in Benin, where it is held by 285 people, or 1 in 36,265. In Benin it is most prevalent in: Mono Department, where 63 percent are found, Kouffo Department, where 26 percent are found and Zou Department, where 5 percent are found. Aside from Benin this last name exists in 2 countries. It is also found in Nigeria, where 1 percent are found and Togo, where 0 percent are found.
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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 Dhossa
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