Dopah Surname
Approximately 36 people bear this surname
Dopah Surname Distribution Map
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| Nigeria | 18 | 1:9,841,264 | 197,192 |
| Liberia | 17 | 1:259,326 | 15,766 |
| United States | 1 | 1:362,458,933 | 1,988,048 |
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| United States | 6 | 1:8,369,781 | 355,680 |
Dopah (23) may also be a first name.
Dopah Last Name Facts
Where Does The Last Name Dopah Come From? nationality or country of origin
The surname Dopah is found most in Nigeria. It may also be found as:. Click here for further possible spellings of this last name.
How Common Is The Last Name Dopah? popularity and diffusion
The surname Dopah is the 3,274,477th most widespread surname world-wide, held by approximately 1 in 202,431,831 people. It occurs mostly in Africa, where 97 percent of Dopah reside; 97 percent reside in West Africa and 50 percent reside in Atlantic-Niger Africa. It is also the 2,239,265th most frequently occurring given name in the world. It is borne by 23 people.
The surname Dopah is most prevalent in Nigeria, where it is held by 18 people, or 1 in 9,841,264. In Nigeria Dopah is primarily concentrated in: Taraba, where 89 percent live and Adamawa, where 6 percent live. Excluding Nigeria it occurs in 2 countries. It is also found in Liberia, where 47 percent live and The United States, where 3 percent live.
Dopah Family Population Trend historical fluctuation
The prevalency of Dopah has changed over time. In The United States the number of people bearing the Dopah last name decreased 83 percent between 1880 and 2014.
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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 Dopah
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