Dopia Surname

1,718,748th
Most Common
surname in the World

Approximately 113 people bear this surname

Most prevalent in:
Uganda
Highest density in:
Uganda

Dopia Surname

The meaning of this surname is not listed.

Dopia Surname Distribution Map

PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
Uganda1011:386,52824,497
Papua New Guinea71:1,164,817109,517
Liberia51:881,70733,815

Dopia (26) may also be a first name.

Dopia Last Name Facts

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

The last name Dopia is most common in Uganda. It can be rendered in the variant forms:. Click here to see other possible spellings of this last name.

How Common Is The Last Name Dopia? popularity and diffusion

This last name is the 1,718,748th most common surname at a global level. It is borne by approximately 1 in 64,491,557 people. The surname is predominantly found in Africa, where 94 percent of Dopia live; 89 percent live in East Africa and 88 percent live in Nilo-Saharan Africa. It is also the 2,084,397th most commonly held first name in the world. It is borne by 26 people.

This surname is most frequent in Uganda, where it is borne by 101 people, or 1 in 386,528. In Uganda Dopia is most common in: Yumbe District, where 45 percent reside, Koboko District, where 44 percent reside and Arua District, where 9 percent reside. Apart from Uganda this last name exists in 2 countries. It also occurs in Papua New Guinea, where 6 percent reside and Liberia, where 4 percent reside.

Phonetically Similar Names

SurnameSimilarityWorldwide IncidencePrevalency
Doppia91639/
Dopiat912/
Dophia911/
Doopiat8316/
Dapia80475/
Dopio80151/
Depia8013/
Dopea801/
Doppio73267/
Dapiap7367/
Dapias7340/
Dapiah7322/
Dephia736/
Depiah734/
Dappia731/
Dapiaz731/
Dophio731/
Daupia731/
Datpia731/
Dahpiah6717/
Dopiosh673/
Daupias673/
Dauphia673/
Doppeah671/
Dapieah671/
Dopayya671/

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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 Dopia
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