Dosah Surname
Approximately 223 people bear this surname
Dosah Surname Distribution Map
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| Egypt | 153 | 1:600,887 | 32,813 |
| India | 36 | 1:21,307,372 | 304,812 |
| Liberia | 6 | 1:734,756 | 29,369 |
| Malaysia | 6 | 1:4,915,704 | 170,578 |
| Thailand | 5 | 1:14,127,669 | 603,945 |
| Yemen | 5 | 1:5,285,059 | 21,214 |
| Nigeria | 4 | 1:44,285,690 | 437,567 |
| Pakistan | 3 | 1:59,547,962 | 132,569 |
| Cameroon | 1 | 1:20,769,068 | 227,406 |
| Kuwait | 1 | 1:3,800,694 | 27,187 |
| Saudi Arabia | 1 | 1:30,855,817 | 63,028 |
| Solomon Islands | 1 | 1:580,029 | 22,243 |
| United States | 1 | 1:362,458,933 | 1,988,048 |
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| United States | 5 | 1:10,043,737 | 422,899 |
Dosah (312) may also be a first name.
Dosah Last Name Facts
Where Does The Last Name Dosah Come From? nationality or country of origin
The last name Dosah (Arabic: دوسه) occurs more in Egypt more than any other country/territory. It can occur in the variant forms:. For other possible spellings of this surname click here.
How Common Is The Last Name Dosah? popularity and diffusion
The surname Dosah is the 1,098,270th most frequently occurring family name globally It is held by around 1 in 32,679,578 people. The last name Dosah occurs mostly in Africa, where 74 percent of Dosah live; 69 percent live in North Africa and 69 percent live in Arabic North Africa. Dosah is also the 497,456th most frequently held given name at a global level It is held by 312 people.
The surname is most widespread in Egypt, where it is borne by 153 people, or 1 in 600,887. Apart from Egypt this surname is found in 12 countries. It is also found in India, where 16 percent live and Liberia, where 3 percent live.
Dosah Family Population Trend historical fluctuation
The prevalency of Dosah has changed over time. In The United States the number of people bearing the Dosah surname fell 80 percent between 1880 and 2014.
Phonetically Similar Names
Dosah Name Transliterations
| Transliteration | ICU Latin | Percentage of Incidence |
|---|---|---|
| Dosah in the Arabic language | ||
| دوسه | dwsh | - |
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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 Dosah
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