Dolau Surname
Approximately 20 people bear this surname
Dolau Surname Distribution Map
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| Papua New Guinea | 13 | 1:627,209 | 74,307 |
| India | 5 | 1:153,413,076 | 951,030 |
| England | 1 | 1:55,718,059 | 489,080 |
| Solomon Islands | 1 | 1:580,029 | 22,243 |
Dolau Last Name Facts
Where Does The Last Name Dolau Come From? nationality or country of origin
The surname Dolau (Hindi: डोलाऊ) is held by more people in Papua New Guinea than any other country or territory. It can also appear as a variant:. For other possible spellings of this surname click here.
How Common Is The Last Name Dolau? popularity and diffusion
This last name is the 4,427,875th most frequently held last name world-wide It is held by approximately 1 in 364,377,296 people. The surname occurs mostly in Oceania, where 70 percent of Dolau are found; 70 percent are found in Oceania Islands and 65 percent are found in Papuan Oceania.
The last name Dolau is most frequently used in Papua New Guinea, where it is borne by 13 people, or 1 in 627,209. In Papua New Guinea Dolau is primarily found in: Morobe, where 92 percent are found and Western, where 8 percent are found. Apart from Papua New Guinea this surname occurs in 3 countries. It also occurs in India, where 25 percent are found and England, where 5 percent are found.
Phonetically Similar Names
Dolau Name Transliterations
| Transliteration | ICU Latin | Percentage of Incidence |
|---|---|---|
| Dolau in the Hindi language | ||
| डोलाऊ | dola'u | - |
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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 Dolau
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