Dorsem Surname

10,311,814th
Most Common
surname in the World

Approximately 3 people bear this surname

Most prevalent in:
Bhutan
Highest density in:
Bhutan

Dorsem Surname

The meaning of this surname is not listed.

Dorsem Surname Distribution Map

PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
Bhutan11:616,0391,715
Cameroon11:20,769,068227,406
United States11:362,458,9331,988,048

Dorsem Last Name Facts

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

Dorsem (Tibetan: རྡོར་སེམས།) is more frequently found in Bhutan than any other country/territory. It can be rendered as a variant:. Click here to see other potential spellings of this surname.

How Common Is The Last Name Dorsem? popularity and diffusion

The last name is the 10,311,814th most commonly held last name in the world, held by approximately 1 in 2,147,483,647 people. This last name occurs mostly in Africa, where 33 percent of Dorsem live; 33 percent live in Central Africa and 33 percent live in Central Bantu Africa.

Dorsem is most prevalent in Bhutan, where it is carried by 1 people, or 1 in 616,039. In Bhutan it is most numerous in: Pemagatshel District, where 100 percent live. Outside of Bhutan it occurs in 2 countries. It also occurs in Cameroon, where 33 percent live and The United States, where 33 percent live.

Phonetically Similar Names

SurnameSimilarityWorldwide IncidencePrevalency
Dorseme921/
Dorshiem860/
Dorsheim860/
Dorsen83249/
Dorsam83232/
Dorsom8398/
Darsem8355/
Dersem839/
Doerschem806/
Dershem77738/
Dorssom77108/
Dorceme7749/
Dorzeme7747/
Dorssen7727/
Doursam7724/
Dorsane7716/
Darsiem779/
Doorsen775/
Dorsham774/
Dorsone773/
Dhorsam771/
Darseem771/
Dorseng771/
Darshem770/
Dorscham71163/
Dorsonne7186/
Doursoum7110/
Dorsanne719/
Dhorsane718/
Dörschem711/
Dorsaimt711/
Dorzemme711/
Dorsan67856/
Darsim67803/
Darsam67623/
Dorson67607/
Darsen67105/
Dorsin6748/
Dersim6722/
Durgem6717/
Dorsén6711/
Dorzen6710/
Darcem6710/
Darjem679/
Dorgen678/
Dorcen673/
D'Orsanne672/
Dorcim672/
Darsom671/
D'orsogne671/
Dõrsam671/
Doursenne671/
Dursim671/

Dorsem Name Transliterations

TransliterationICU LatinPercentage of Incidence
Dorsem in the Tibetan language
རྡོར་སེམས།dorsem-

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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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  • 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 Dorsem
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