Dorlah Surname
Approximately 398 people bear this surname
Dorlah Surname Distribution Map
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| Ghana | 277 | 1:97,548 | 9,187 |
| Thailand | 118 | 1:598,630 | 101,799 |
| United States | 2 | 1:181,229,466 | 1,556,795 |
| Nigeria | 1 | 1:177,142,758 | 748,972 |
Dorlah (22) may also be a first name.
Dorlah Last Name Facts
Where Does The Last Name Dorlah Come From? nationality or country of origin
The last name Dorlah is more frequently found in Ghana than any other country or territory. It can be found as:. For other potential spellings of Dorlah click here.
How Common Is The Last Name Dorlah? popularity and diffusion
This surname is the 728,955th most frequent family name on a global scale, held by around 1 in 18,310,417 people. The surname is mostly found in Africa, where 70 percent of Dorlah are found; 70 percent are found in West Africa and 70 percent are found in Atlantic-Niger Africa. It is also the 2,301,746th most frequently used first name on earth, held by 22 people.
This surname is most commonly held in Ghana, where it is borne by 277 people, or 1 in 97,548. Barring Ghana it is found in 3 countries. It is also found in Thailand, where 30 percent are found and The United States, where 1 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 Dorlah
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