Dorobe Surname

2,909,720th
Most Common
surname in the World

Approximately 45 people bear this surname

Most prevalent in:
Papua New Guinea
Highest density in:
Papua New Guinea

Dorobe Surname

The meaning of this surname is not listed.

Dorobe Surname Distribution Map

PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
Papua New Guinea401:203,84328,184
Taiwan31:7,814,91541,694
Chad11:13,592,19913,092
Nigeria11:177,142,758748,972

Dorobe (12) may also be a first name.

Dorobe Last Name Facts

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

Dorobe occurs more in Papua New Guinea more than any other country or territory. It may also be rendered in the variant forms:. Click here for further possible spellings of this name.

How Common Is The Last Name Dorobe? popularity and diffusion

The last name Dorobe is the 2,909,720th most numerous surname on a worldwide basis. It is borne by around 1 in 161,945,465 people. This surname is mostly found in Oceania, where 89 percent of Dorobe live; 89 percent live in Oceania Islands and 89 percent live in Papuan Oceania. Dorobe is also the 3,306,491st most commonly used given name globally. It is borne by 12 people.

The surname is most widely held in Papua New Guinea, where it is carried by 40 people, or 1 in 203,843. In Papua New Guinea it is mostly concentrated in: Morobe, where 33 percent are found, Central, where 25 percent are found and Bougainville, where 18 percent are found. Outside of Papua New Guinea Dorobe is found in 3 countries. It also occurs in Taiwan, where 7 percent are found and Chad, where 2 percent are found.

Phonetically Similar Names

SurnameSimilarityWorldwide IncidencePrevalency
Dorobet9235/
Dourobe921/
Dorobie921/
Dorobets8628/
Dorhobed862/
Doroba831,204/
Dorowe83226/
Dorobi83126/
Derobe8387/
Darobe834/
Doroby832/
Dorabe832/
Douroubeh801/
Dorobăț7796/
Dorobis7770/
Dhoroba7733/
Doroobi7723/
Dhorabe778/
Dorovei775/
Dorobai775/
Doroubi774/
Dorabee773/
Dorobay772/
Dorobyd772/
Dorobiś771/
Dorobiz771/
Dorobij771/
Dorhoba771/
Dorubet771/
Dorobha771/
Darobes771/
Derobey771/
Douroba771/
Dorouby771/
Dorohue771/
Dorobisz711,043/
Dhorobha71171/
Dorubets7158/
Dorobish7123/
Dhoirobi7115/
Dourouwe717/
Dorobysz716/
Dorovets716/
Douroveh711/
Dourabei711/
Dorhower710/
Derebe6719,507/
Darabe674,261/
Durabe67287/
Darobi67139/
Doruba67101/
Dorave6759/
Doraby6727/
Dorovi6718/
Dorawe6714/
Douroubay6711/
Duroba6710/
Durove678/
Derabe677/
Durobi676/
Derobi675/
Darove673/
Daroba673/
Darebe673/
Durube672/
Dorabi671/
Deroby671/
Dorebi671/
Doraba671/
Darube671/

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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 Dorobe
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