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 occurs more in Benin more than any other country or territory. It can appear in the variant forms:. Click here for other possible spellings of this last name.
How Common Is The Last Name Dhossa? popularity and diffusion
The last name Dhossa is the 917,199th most frequent surname in the world. It is borne by approximately 1 in 25,216,422 people. The surname Dhossa occurs predominantly in Africa, where 100 percent of Dhossa live; 100 percent live in West Africa and 100 percent live in Atlantic-Niger Africa.
The surname Dhossa is most commonly occurring in Benin, where it is held by 285 people, or 1 in 36,265. In Benin it is most frequent in: Mono Department, where 63 percent live, Kouffo Department, where 26 percent live and Zou Department, where 5 percent live. Outside of Benin this last name exists in 2 countries. It is also common in Nigeria, where 1 percent live and Togo, where 0 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
- 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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