Dorasamy Surname

173,126th
Most Common
surname in the World

Approximately 2,483 people bear this surname

Most prevalent in:
South Africa
Highest density in:
Mauritius

Dorasamy Surname

The meaning of this surname is not listed.

Dorasamy Surname Distribution Map

PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
South Africa1,8331:29,5573,796
Malaysia4531:65,1094,808
Mauritius1271:10,1842,214
England191:2,932,529101,561
Singapore131:423,66918,211
Canada121:3,070,466169,836
Australia81:3,374,463124,818
Sri Lanka41:5,202,14012,146
United States31:120,819,6441,331,040
Switzerland21:4,106,458122,336
Germany21:40,252,730481,636
Sweden21:4,923,378241,212
Russia11:144,123,056881,408
Seychelles11:92,3931,532
Scotland11:5,353,81763,002
Cambodia11:15,487,14614,824
Belgium11:11,496,644167,539

Dorasamy (459) may also be a first name.

Dorasamy Last Name Facts

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

The surname Dorasamy is more frequently found in South Africa than any other country or territory. It can also occur as:. Click here to see other potential spellings of this last name.

How Common Is The Last Name Dorasamy? popularity and diffusion

The surname is the 173,126th most commonly used family name on a global scale. It is borne by around 1 in 2,934,976 people. The surname is predominantly found in Africa, where 79 percent of Dorasamy are found; 79 percent are found in Southern Africa and 74 percent are found in South Bantu Africa. It is also the 398,330th most common first name throughout the world, held by 459 people.

The surname is most frequent in South Africa, where it is carried by 1,833 people, or 1 in 29,557. In South Africa it is primarily found in: KwaZulu-Natal, where 79 percent are found, Gauteng, where 14 percent are found and Eastern Cape, where 3 percent are found. Aside from South Africa this surname is found in 16 countries. It also occurs in Malaysia, where 18 percent are found and Mauritius, where 5 percent are found.

Dorasamy Last Name Statistics demography

Dorasamy earn notably more than the average income. In South Africa they earn 21.22% more than the national average, earning R 288,072 per year.

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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 Dorasamy
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