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 carried by more people in Bhutan than any other country/territory. It may also appear as a variant:. Click here to see other potential spellings of Dorsem.

How Common Is The Last Name Dorsem? popularity and diffusion

It is the 10,311,814th most prevalent family name internationally It is held by approximately 1 in 2,147,483,647 people. This surname 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 frequently used in Bhutan, where it is held by 1 people, or 1 in 616,039. In Bhutan it is mostly concentrated in: Pemagatshel District, where 100 percent reside. Outside of Bhutan this last name is found in 2 countries. It is also found in Cameroon, where 33 percent reside and The United States, where 33 percent reside.

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
  • 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 Dorsem
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