Dorofa Surname
Approximately 27 people bear this surname
Dorofa Surname Distribution Map
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| Papua New Guinea | 26 | 1:313,604 | 42,091 |
| Ukraine | 1 | 1:45,522,696 | 503,646 |
Dorofa Last Name Facts
Where Does The Last Name Dorofa Come From? nationality or country of origin
Dorofa is borne by more people in Papua New Guinea than any other country/territory. It can also occur as a variant:. For other possible spellings of Dorofa click here.
How Common Is The Last Name Dorofa? popularity and diffusion
This surname is the 3,798,600th most widespread last name on earth, borne by around 1 in 269,909,108 people. This last name occurs mostly in Oceania, where 96 percent of Dorofa reside; 96 percent reside in Oceania Islands and 96 percent reside in Papuan Oceania.
The surname is most common in Papua New Guinea, where it is held by 26 people, or 1 in 313,604. In Papua New Guinea Dorofa is most numerous in: Eastern Highlands, where 96 percent reside and East Sepik, where 4 percent reside. Not including Papua New Guinea Dorofa exists in one country. It is also common in Ukraine, where 4 percent reside.
Phonetically Similar Names
| Surname | Similarity | Worldwide Incidence | Prevalency |
|---|---|---|---|
| Dorofay | 92 | 2 | / |
| Dorofeea | 86 | 1 | / |
| Dorofy | 83 | 67 | / |
| Dorofi | 83 | 26 | / |
| Darofa | 83 | 11 | / |
| Dorafa | 83 | 5 | / |
| Dorofe | 83 | 1 | / |
| Dorefa | 83 | 1 | / |
| Derofa | 83 | 1 | / |
| Dorofey | 77 | 589 | / |
| Dorofei | 77 | 429 | / |
| Dorofyi | 77 | 269 | / |
| Dorofiy | 77 | 84 | / |
| Dorofee | 77 | 71 | / |
| Dorofeh | 77 | 16 | / |
| Darofai | 77 | 11 | / |
| Daroofa | 77 | 2 | / |
| Dorofej | 77 | 2 | / |
| Dhorofi | 77 | 1 | / |
| Darofoa | 77 | 1 | / |
| Dorofii | 77 | 1 | / |
| Darofah | 77 | 1 | / |
| Dorhofer | 71 | 28 | / |
| Dorofesh | 71 | 11 | / |
| Dorofiej | 71 | 8 | / |
| Darofath | 71 | 1 | / |
| Dorofeer | 71 | 1 | / |
| Derafa | 67 | 1,126 | / |
| Derefa | 67 | 813 | / |
| Dorrhofer | 67 | 37 | / |
| Dorafi | 67 | 19 | / |
| Dorhoffer | 67 | 8 | / |
| Dorofeich | 67 | 5 | / |
| Darafa | 67 | 2 | / |
| Darefa | 67 | 1 | / |
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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 Dorofa
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