Dobiya Surname
Approximately 49 people bear this surname
Dobiya Surname Distribution Map
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| Nigeria | 28 | 1:6,326,527 | 151,186 |
| Zimbabwe | 16 | 1:964,890 | 61,721 |
| Senegal | 2 | 1:7,289,671 | 8,117 |
| Cameroon | 1 | 1:20,769,068 | 227,406 |
| DR Congo | 1 | 1:73,879,570 | 260,543 |
| India | 1 | 1:767,065,382 | 1,851,717 |
Dobiya (35) may also be a first name.
Dobiya Last Name Facts
Where Does The Last Name Dobiya Come From? nationality or country of origin
The last name Dobiya (Hindi: दोबिया, Russian: Добия) is held by more people in Nigeria than any other country or territory. It can be found as:. Click here for other potential spellings of Dobiya.
How Common Is The Last Name Dobiya? popularity and diffusion
This last name is the 2,776,799th most common surname globally, borne by approximately 1 in 148,725,427 people. The last name occurs mostly in Africa, where 98 percent of Dobiya live; 63 percent live in West Africa and 57 percent live in Atlantic-Niger Africa. Dobiya is also the 1,744,716th most widely held first name internationally It is held by 35 people.
It is most prevalent in Nigeria, where it is held by 28 people, or 1 in 6,326,527. In Nigeria Dobiya is primarily concentrated in: Niger, where 96 percent reside and Kaduna, where 4 percent reside. Besides Nigeria this last name is found in 5 countries. It is also common in Zimbabwe, where 33 percent reside and Senegal, where 4 percent reside.
Phonetically Similar Names
Dobiya Name Transliterations
| Transliteration | ICU Latin | Percentage of Incidence |
|---|---|---|
| Dobiya in the Hindi language | ||
| दोबिया | dobiya | 66.67 |
| डोबिया | dobiya | 33.33 |
| Dobiya in the Russian language | ||
| Добия | dobia | - |
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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 Dobiya
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