Dosk Surname

4,532,898th
Most Common
surname in the World

Approximately 19 people bear this surname

Most prevalent in:
Germany
Highest density in:
Germany

Dosk Surname

The meaning of this surname is not listed.

Dosk Surname Distribution Map

PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
Germany91:8,945,051266,530
Russia41:36,030,764577,589
United States21:181,229,4661,556,795
Brazil11:214,074,3321,693,628
Colombia11:47,774,07244,230
Iraq11:35,021,65431,813
Thailand11:70,638,3451,175,915
PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
United States71:7,174,098302,835

The alternate forms: Došk (1) are calculated separately.

Dosk Last Name Facts

Where Does The Last Name Dosk Come From? nationality or country of origin

The surname Dosk (Russian: Доск) is carried by more people in Germany than any other country or territory. It may be rendered as: Došk. For other possible spellings of this last name click here.

How Common Is The Last Name Dosk? popularity and diffusion

This surname is the 4,532,898th most widespread family name on a worldwide basis, held by around 1 in 383,555,048 people. It is predominantly found in Europe, where 58 percent of Dosk live; 47 percent live in Western Europe and 47 percent live in Germanic Europe.

The surname is most widely held in Germany, where it is borne by 9 people, or 1 in 8,945,051. In Germany Dosk is most numerous in: Bremen, where 89 percent are found and Lower Saxony, where 11 percent are found. Other than Germany it is found in 6 countries. It also occurs in Russia, where 21 percent are found and The United States, where 11 percent are found.

Dosk Family Population Trend historical fluctuation

The frequency of Dosk has changed over time. In The United States the number of people bearing the Dosk last name declined 71 percent between 1880 and 2014.

Phonetically Similar Names

SurnameSimilarityWorldwide IncidencePrevalency
Došk921/
Doske8929/
Doszk895/
Dotsk893/
Doshk892/
Dosske8011/
Doschk8010/
Dhoskë809/
Dhoske801/
Dusk75113/
Dask7586/
Desk7517/
Doxk751/
Dosg751/
Dosx751/
Dozk751/
Doskova7358/
Doschke7324/
Dosková7318/
Duske671,342/
Daske67603/
Dashk67179/
Doshkova67175/
Deszk6795/
Dousková6793/
Dushk6722/
Deshk6713/
Dasks676/
Douskova675/
Dusck675/
Daesk674/
Ddusk673/
Daskx671/
Datsk671/
Daask671/
Daskh671/
Daskk671/
Doyskova671/
Duisk671/
Doskhova671/
Doßke671/
Doshg671/
Dousg671/

Dosk Name Transliterations

TransliterationICU LatinPercentage of Incidence
Dosk in the Russian language
Доскdosk-

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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
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  • 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 Dosk
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