Dob Surname

109,636th
Most Common
surname in the World

Approximately 4,244 people bear this surname

Most prevalent in:
Algeria
Highest density in:
Algeria

Dob Surname

The meaning of this surname is not listed.

Dob Surname Distribution Map

PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
Algeria2,5761:14,9972,695
Philippines4181:242,19736,620
Saudi Arabia2391:129,10417,726
Cameroon2301:90,30010,845
Egypt1531:600,88732,813
Netherlands1431:118,09218,619
United States1101:3,295,081188,193
Cambodia731:212,1533,101
Papua New Guinea641:127,40217,396
France431:1,544,714145,815
England331:1,688,42669,999
India211:36,526,923420,161
Taiwan211:1,116,4167,706
Thailand181:3,924,352328,346
Australia181:1,499,76175,721
Belgium81:1,437,08092,692
Spain61:7,792,006100,283
Sweden61:1,641,126116,183
Canada41:9,211,398321,528
Brazil41:53,518,583632,670
Ghana41:6,755,17315,406
Tunisia41:152,65617,743
Morocco41:8,619,02573,251
Iran31:25,594,175224,183
Liberia31:1,469,51238,766
Pakistan21:89,321,942157,560
United Arab Emirates21:4,581,13693,443
Israel21:4,278,817136,311
Germany21:40,252,730481,636
Bulgaria21:3,489,45264,958
Senegal11:14,579,34211,705
Romania11:20,077,87089,414
Serbia11:7,144,94838,459
Slovenia11:2,487,67531,128
Solomon Islands11:580,02922,243
South Africa11:54,177,704343,732
China11:1,367,321,56651,149
Chile11:17,616,47493,597
Bosnia and Herzegovina11:3,536,40219,532
Togo11:7,247,76812,049
Benin11:10,335,602103,742
Austria11:8,515,435118,036
Argentina11:42,743,414282,706
Ireland11:4,708,93929,543
Denmark11:5,644,71593,155
Ivory Coast11:23,071,23276,679
Portugal11:10,418,24125,048
Poland11:38,008,749231,653
Eritrea11:4,751,901911
Indonesia11:132,249,194811,426
Oman11:3,687,97114,390
Norway11:5,142,286129,201
Iraq11:35,021,65431,813
Malaysia11:29,494,225409,885
Italy11:61,156,688199,583
Laos11:6,588,3231,961
Kenya11:46,179,900103,372
Japan11:127,844,29373,547
PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
England21:12,187,685173,419

Dob (487) may also be a first name.

Dob Last Name Facts

Where Does The Last Name Dob Come From? nationality or country of origin

The last name Dob (Arabic: دوب, Hindi: दोब, Marathi: डोब, Tibetan: དྲུབ་) occurs more in Algeria more than any other country/territory. It can appear in the variant forms:. For other possible spellings of Dob click here.

How Common Is The Last Name Dob? popularity and diffusion

The surname Dob is the 109,636th most frequent surname in the world, held by around 1 in 1,717,141 people. The surname is primarily found in Africa, where 70 percent of Dob are found; 64 percent are found in North Africa and 61 percent are found in Mahgreb. It is also the 385,164th most common first name globally It is held by 487 people.

The surname is most frequently used in Algeria, where it is borne by 2,576 people, or 1 in 14,997. In Algeria Dob is primarily concentrated in: Skikda Province, where 51 percent live, Ouargla Province, where 46 percent live and Blida Province, where 3 percent live. Other than Algeria this last name exists in 57 countries. It is also found in The Philippines, where 10 percent live and Saudi Arabia, where 6 percent live.

Dob Family Population Trend historical fluctuation

The prevalency of Dob has changed through the years. In England the share of the population with the last name increased 1,650 percent between 1881 and 2014.

Dob Last Name Statistics demography

In The United States those bearing the Dob surname are 38.94% more likely to be registered Republicans than The US average, with 85.71% being registered to vote for the political party.

Dob earn marginally less than the average income. In United States they earn 3.4% less than the national average, earning $41,684 USD per year.

Phonetically Similar Names

SurnameSimilarityWorldwide IncidencePrevalency
Doub861,605/
Dobs86297/
Doib86166/
Doob86137/
Dhob86115/
Dobš8638/
Doeb8617/
Dobh869/
Dosb865/
Dobz863/
Tdob862/
Dohb862/
Hdob861/
Dobd861/
Ddob861/
Duob861/
Doubt75376/
Hdoub75365/
Dohbs7542/
Doubs7538/
Dhoib7523/
Dobsh756/
Doobs753/
Dobsz751/
Dhoob751/
Douëb751/
Doutb751/
D'Hob751/
Dhoub751/
Dojbt751/
Doubd750/
Deb67239,503/
Dow6739,079/
Dub678,886/
Dab673,022/
Dop672,332/
Dov67961/
Dobsch67248/
Dof67150/
Dobová6796/
Dobova6710/
Dobssh671/

Dob Name Transliterations

TransliterationICU LatinPercentage of Incidence
Dob in the Marathi language
डोबdoba-
Dob in the Tibetan language
དྲུབ་drub50
རྡོབ་dob50
Dob in the Hindi language
दोबdoba50
डोबdoba50
Dob in the Arabic language
دوبdwb-

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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
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  • Similar: Names listed in the "Similar" section are phonetically similar and may not have any relation to Dob
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