Dosima Surname
Approximately 4 people bear this surname
Dosima Surname Distribution Map
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| Nigeria | 2 | 1:88,571,379 | 625,098 |
| Philippines | 1 | 1:101,238,223 | 404,861 |
| Uganda | 1 | 1:39,039,279 | 258,887 |
Dosima (38) may also be a first name.
Dosima Last Name Facts
Where Does The Last Name Dosima Come From? nationality or country of origin
The surname Dosima is more commonly found in Nigeria than any other country or territory. It can appear as a variant:. For other potential spellings of this surname click here.
How Common Is The Last Name Dosima? popularity and diffusion
This last name is the 8,968,613th most commonly occurring last name world-wide, held by around 1 in 1,821,886,479 people. This surname is predominantly found in Africa, where 75 percent of Dosima are found; 50 percent are found in West Africa and 50 percent are found in Atlantic-Niger Africa. It is also the 1,662,754th most frequent first name throughout the world, held by 38 people.
This surname is most widely held in Nigeria, where it is carried by 2 people, or 1 in 88,571,379. In Nigeria it is primarily concentrated in: Ekiti, where 50 percent are found and Yobe, where 50 percent are found. Barring Nigeria it is found in 2 countries. It is also common in The Philippines, where 25 percent are found and Uganda, where 25 percent are found.
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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 Dosima
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