Dosai Surname
Approximately 316 people bear this surname
Dosai Surname Distribution Map
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| Japan | 220 | 1:581,110 | 15,610 |
| India | 38 | 1:20,185,931 | 296,209 |
| Kazakhstan | 17 | 1:1,040,147 | 60,802 |
| Papua New Guinea | 17 | 1:479,630 | 60,627 |
| Belgium | 10 | 1:1,149,664 | 82,403 |
| Nigeria | 10 | 1:17,714,276 | 277,641 |
| Brazil | 1 | 1:214,074,332 | 1,693,628 |
| Cameroon | 1 | 1:20,769,068 | 227,406 |
| England | 1 | 1:55,718,059 | 489,080 |
| Hungary | 1 | 1:9,816,277 | 73,288 |
The alternate forms: Dósai (101) are calculated separately.
Dosai (129) may also be a first name.
Dosai Demographics
Dosai Religious Adherence
in Kazakhstan
Religious Adherence
in Kazakhstan
Dosai Last Name Facts
Where Does The Last Name Dosai Come From? nationality or country of origin
Dosai (Hindi: दोसई, Marathi: दोसाई, Oriya: େଦାସାଇ) is more commonly found in Japan than any other country or territory. It can be rendered in the variant forms: Dósai. Click here to see other possible spellings of this surname.
How Common Is The Last Name Dosai? popularity and diffusion
This surname is the 860,770th most prevalent last name worldwide, held by approximately 1 in 23,061,854 people. The surname occurs mostly in Asia, where 87 percent of Dosai live; 70 percent live in East Asia and 70 percent live in Nippono-Asia. Dosai is also the 818,356th most numerous forename in the world, held by 129 people.
It is most frequently used in Japan, where it is borne by 220 people, or 1 in 581,110. In Japan it is primarily concentrated in: Osaka Prefecture, where 60 percent live, Hokkaido Prefecture, where 16 percent live and Okayama Prefecture, where 10 percent live. Other than Japan this surname exists in 9 countries. It also occurs in India, where 12 percent live and Kazakhstan, where 5 percent live.
Dosai Last Name Statistics demography
The religious adherence of those bearing the last name is primarily Muslim (100%) in Kazakhstan.
Phonetically Similar Names
Dosai Name Transliterations
| Transliteration | ICU Latin | Percentage of Incidence |
|---|---|---|
| Dosai in the Marathi language | ||
| दोसाई | dosa'i | - |
| Dosai in the Hindi language | ||
| दोसई | dosa'i | 85.71 |
| डोसाी | dosai | 7.14 |
| डॉसै | dosai | 7.14 |
| Dosai in the Oriya language | ||
| େଦାସାଇ | edasa'i | 66.67 |
| େଦାସଇ | edasa'i | 33.33 |
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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 Dosai
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