Dorsaz Surname
Approximately 1,021 people bear this surname
Dorsaz Surname Distribution Map
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| Switzerland | 961 | 1:8,546 | 1,407 |
| France | 54 | 1:1,230,050 | 127,496 |
| United States | 3 | 1:120,819,644 | 1,331,040 |
| Brazil | 1 | 1:214,074,332 | 1,693,628 |
| Chile | 1 | 1:17,616,474 | 93,597 |
| Russia | 1 | 1:144,123,056 | 881,408 |
Dorsaz Last Name Facts
Where Does The Last Name Dorsaz Come From? nationality or country of origin
Dorsaz has its highest incidence in Switzerland. It may be rendered as a variant:. Click here for further possible spellings of this last name.
How Common Is The Last Name Dorsaz? popularity and diffusion
Dorsaz is the 355,911th most frequently held last name throughout the world, held by around 1 in 7,137,655 people. The last name Dorsaz is predominantly found in Europe, where 100 percent of Dorsaz live; 99 percent live in Western Europe and 99 percent live in Gallo-Europe.
The last name Dorsaz is most frequently occurring in Switzerland, where it is held by 961 people, or 1 in 8,546. In Switzerland Dorsaz is primarily concentrated in: Canton of Valais, where 89 percent live, Canton of Vaud, where 6 percent live and Republic and Canton of Geneva, where 3 percent live. Beside Switzerland this surname is found in 5 countries. It also occurs in France, where 5 percent live and The United States, where 0 percent live.
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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 Dorsaz
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