Dorite Surname
Approximately 25 people bear this surname
Dorite Surname Distribution Map
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| Benin | 21 | 1:492,172 | 32,947 |
| Brazil | 1 | 1:214,074,332 | 1,693,628 |
| Canada | 1 | 1:36,845,591 | 464,108 |
| Nigeria | 1 | 1:177,142,758 | 748,972 |
| United States | 1 | 1:362,458,933 | 1,988,048 |
Dorite (88) may also be a first name.
Dorite Last Name Facts
Where Does The Last Name Dorite Come From? nationality or country of origin
The last name Dorite is found most frequently in Benin. It can be rendered in the variant forms:. Click here to see other possible spellings of Dorite.
How Common Is The Last Name Dorite? popularity and diffusion
This surname is the 3,957,383rd most widely held family name at a global level, held by around 1 in 291,501,837 people. It occurs predominantly in Africa, where 88 percent of Dorite are found; 88 percent are found in West Africa and 88 percent are found in Atlantic-Niger Africa. It is also the 1,017,994th most frequently occurring given name throughout the world It is held by 88 people.
Dorite is most commonly used in Benin, where it is carried by 21 people, or 1 in 492,172. In Benin it is most frequent in: Borgou Department, where 86 percent are found and Donga Department, where 14 percent are found. Other than Benin this surname occurs in 4 countries. It also occurs in Brazil, where 4 percent are found and Canada, where 4 percent are found.
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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 Dorite
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