Dorthea Surname
Approximately 60 people bear this surname
Dorthea Surname Distribution Map
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| DR Congo | 55 | 1:1,343,265 | 79,223 |
| Indonesia | 4 | 1:33,062,298 | 643,618 |
| India | 1 | 1:767,065,382 | 1,851,717 |
Dorthea (5,685) may also be a first name.
Dorthea Last Name Facts
Where Does The Last Name Dorthea Come From? nationality or country of origin
The surname Dorthea is found most frequently in The DR Congo. It may occur in the variant forms:. Click here to see other possible spellings of this surname.
How Common Is The Last Name Dorthea? popularity and diffusion
The last name Dorthea is the 2,483,783rd most frequently occurring surname on a global scale It is held by approximately 1 in 121,459,099 people. The last name Dorthea occurs mostly in Africa, where 92 percent of Dorthea reside; 92 percent reside in Central Africa and 92 percent reside in Central Bantu Africa. It is also the 88,670th most commonly occurring first name worldwide, held by 5,685 people.
The surname Dorthea is most commonly held in The DR Congo, where it is borne by 55 people, or 1 in 1,343,265. Beside The DR Congo Dorthea is found in 2 countries. It is also common in Indonesia, where 7 percent reside and India, where 2 percent reside.
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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 Dorthea
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