Dorsamy Surname

1,185,157th
Most Common
surname in the World

Approximately 200 people bear this surname

Most prevalent in:
South Africa
Highest density in:
Mauritius

Dorsamy Surname

The meaning of this surname is not listed.

Dorsamy Surname Distribution Map

PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
South Africa1711:316,82930,013
Mauritius101:129,3427,997
Malaysia71:4,213,461150,293
Australia61:4,499,284146,780
Madagascar41:5,912,4595,394
Canada11:36,845,591464,108
England11:55,718,059489,080

Dorsamy (684) may also be a first name.

Dorsamy Last Name Facts

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

The last name Dorsamy is more frequently found in South Africa than any other country or territory. It may also occur as a variant:. Click here for further possible spellings of this surname.

How Common Is The Last Name Dorsamy? popularity and diffusion

This last name is the 1,185,157th most numerous last name in the world, held by approximately 1 in 36,437,730 people. Dorsamy is predominantly found in Africa, where 93 percent of Dorsamy reside; 93 percent reside in Southern Africa and 86 percent reside in South Bantu Africa. It is also the 316,415th most frequently occurring given name at a global level. It is borne by 684 people.

The last name Dorsamy is most numerous in South Africa, where it is borne by 171 people, or 1 in 316,829. In South Africa Dorsamy is most frequent in: KwaZulu-Natal, where 72 percent are found, Gauteng, where 27 percent are found and North West, where 1 percent are found. Beside South Africa this last name exists in 6 countries. It also occurs in Mauritius, where 5 percent are found and Malaysia, where 4 percent are found.

Dorsamy Last Name Statistics demography

Dorsamy earn a lot more than the average income. In South Africa they earn 41.12% more than the national average, earning R 335,352 per year.

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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 Dorsamy
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