Dorsal Surname

3,228,735th
Most Common
surname in the World

Approximately 37 people bear this surname

Most prevalent in:
France
Highest density in:
France

Dorsal Surname

The meaning of this surname is not listed.

Dorsal Surname Distribution Map

PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
France311:2,142,668174,004
Russia21:72,061,528727,117
Brazil11:214,074,3321,693,628
Mexico11:124,126,205103,776
Morocco11:34,476,099111,471
United States11:362,458,9331,988,048

Dorsal (33) may also be a first name.

Dorsal Last Name Facts

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

The last name Dorsal (Russian: Дорсаль) is held by more people in France than any other country/territory. It may occur as:. Click here for further potential spellings of Dorsal.

How Common Is The Last Name Dorsal? popularity and diffusion

This surname is the 3,228,735th most common surname in the world It is held by approximately 1 in 196,960,700 people. Dorsal is predominantly found in Africa, where 86 percent of Dorsal are found; 84 percent are found in East Africa and 84 percent are found in Gallo-Indian Ocean. Dorsal is also the 1,807,719th most common first name worldwide, held by 33 people.

The last name is most frequently held in France, where it is borne by 31 people, or 1 in 2,142,668. In France it is mostly found in: Réunion, where 100 percent live. Beside France this last name is found in 5 countries. It is also found in Russia, where 5 percent live and Brazil, where 3 percent live.

Phonetically Similar Names

SurnameSimilarityWorldwide IncidencePrevalency
Dorshal921/
Dorscal920/
Dorseal920/
Dorshall860/
Darsal8364/
Dorcal8363/
Dersal8353/
Dursal833/
Dorzal832/
Dorjal831/
Dorshalle801/
Darsale7737/
Dourzal7719/
Darshal779/
Dorrcal773/
Dordjal771/
Dershal770/
Darshale71455/
Dhursale714/
Dorseyle710/
Durcal6714/
Dharshale676/
Darjal675/
Durjal672/
Darcal672/
Durzal671/
Dersol671/
Darzal671/
Darsol671/
Dhurjal625/
Darsool621/
Dharjal621/
Dursold620/
Dersohl620/
Darcheal571/
Dharjale571/
Darıcalı571/
Darsheyll531/
Dharseyle531/
Darcol5012/
Darzhalova505/
Darzol501/
Durcol500/

Dorsal Name Transliterations

TransliterationICU LatinPercentage of Incidence
Dorsal in the Russian language
Дорсальdorsal-

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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 Dorsal
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