Dorzie Surname
Approximately 281 people bear this surname
Dorzie Surname Distribution Map
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| Ghana | 277 | 1:97,548 | 9,187 |
| United States | 2 | 1:181,229,466 | 1,556,795 |
| Haiti | 1 | 1:10,683,907 | 24,607 |
| South Africa | 1 | 1:54,177,704 | 343,732 |
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| United States | 5 | 1:10,043,737 | 422,899 |
Dorzie (226) may also be a first name.
Dorzie Last Name Facts
Where Does The Last Name Dorzie Come From? nationality or country of origin
Dorzie occurs more in Ghana more than any other country/territory. It can appear as a variant:. Click here to see other potential spellings of this last name.
How Common Is The Last Name Dorzie? popularity and diffusion
Dorzie is the 935,326th most frequent family name at a global level, held by around 1 in 25,934,327 people. The last name is predominantly found in Africa, where 99 percent of Dorzie are found; 99 percent are found in West Africa and 99 percent are found in Atlantic-Niger Africa. It is also the 598,137th most commonly used first name throughout the world It is held by 226 people.
It is most frequent in Ghana, where it is borne by 277 people, or 1 in 97,548. Not including Ghana this surname occurs in 3 countries. It also occurs in The United States, where 1 percent are found and Haiti, where 0 percent are found.
Dorzie Family Population Trend historical fluctuation
The frequency of Dorzie has changed over time. In The United States the number of people carrying the Dorzie last name contracted 60 percent between 1880 and 2014.
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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 Dorzie
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