Dorestan Surname

1,014,722nd
Most Common
surname in the World

Approximately 250 people bear this surname

Most prevalent in:
Haiti
Highest density in:
Haiti

Dorestan Surname

The meaning of this surname is not listed.

Dorestan Surname Distribution Map

PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
Haiti1611:66,3603,693
Iran481:1,599,63662,090
United States261:13,940,728505,428
Brazil51:42,814,866547,158
Mauritius51:258,6838,939
Canada21:18,422,796409,488
Belgium11:11,496,644167,539
Dominican Republic11:10,432,93236,508
France11:66,422,722504,397
PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
United States31:16,739,561595,711

Dorestan Last Name Facts

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

The last name Dorestan is found most in Haiti. It can also appear as a variant:. For other potential spellings of this name click here.

How Common Is The Last Name Dorestan? popularity and diffusion

The surname is the 1,014,722nd most widespread family name on earth. It is borne by around 1 in 29,150,184 people. The surname is primarily found in The Americas, where 78 percent of Dorestan live; 65 percent live in Caribbean and 64 percent live in Gallo-Caribbean.

The surname Dorestan is most prevalent in Haiti, where it is held by 161 people, or 1 in 66,360. In Haiti Dorestan is most frequent in: Ouest, where 95 percent reside, Sud-Est, where 2 percent reside and Nord, where 1 percent reside. Barring Haiti this last name occurs in 8 countries. It is also common in Iran, where 19 percent reside and The United States, where 10 percent reside.

Dorestan Family Population Trend historical fluctuation

The frequency of Dorestan has changed through the years. In The United States the number of people bearing the Dorestan last name increased 867 percent between 1880 and 2014.

Dorestan Last Name Statistics demography

Dorestan earn around the same as the average income. In United States they earn 0.06% more than the national average, earning $43,175 USD 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 Dorestan
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