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 carried by more people in Nigeria than any other country/territory. It may also appear as a variant:. Click here to see other possible spellings of this name.
How Common Is The Last Name Dobiya? popularity and diffusion
It is the 2,776,799th most commonly used last name internationally It is held by approximately 1 in 148,725,427 people. It occurs predominantly 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 commonly used first name world-wide. It is borne by 35 people.
The last name is most frequently used in Nigeria, where it is carried by 28 people, or 1 in 6,326,527. In Nigeria Dobiya is most frequent in: Niger, where 96 percent reside and Kaduna, where 4 percent reside. Excluding Nigeria this surname occurs in 5 countries. It is also found 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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