Doss Surname

14,632nd
Most Common
surname in the World

Approximately 38,070 people bear this surname

Most prevalent in:
United States
Highest density in:
Bahrain

Doss Surname Definition:

(German) Descendant of Doss or Dose, forms of Teuzo, pet forms of names beginning with Diet (people), as Theudoricus and Theudoald.

Doss Surname Distribution Map

PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
United States28,2191:12,8441,595
Egypt4,3631:21,0722,435
India2,0081:382,00520,411
Saudi Arabia1,1131:27,7233,883
Germany4221:190,77122,122
Morocco3751:91,93615,801
Brazil2461:870,22131,350
Australia1961:137,73314,860
Canada1891:194,95019,131
Malaysia1381:213,72612,448
Bahrain1321:10,2171,962
Kuwait771:49,3605,585
Tanzania761:696,60040,185
France581:1,145,219121,886
Italy481:1,274,09876,496
England441:1,266,32057,817
New Zealand291:156,14917,650
Papua New Guinea221:370,62448,900
Tunisia221:27,7564,198
Russia211:6,863,003268,198
United Arab Emirates191:482,22523,275
Kazakhstan191:930,65856,702
Austria181:473,08046,251
Philippines181:5,624,346177,167
South Africa181:3,009,872112,058
Sweden171:579,22142,433
Oman151:245,8654,150
Singapore131:423,66918,211
Switzerland121:684,41046,196
United States Virgin Islands91:12,2641,665
Sri Lanka91:2,312,0629,186
Liberia81:551,06725,208
Thailand81:8,829,793476,604
Panama61:652,04310,051
Qatar61:393,00055,922
China61:227,886,92811,701
Ethiopia41:24,386,56619,165
Belarus41:2,375,265105,497
Denmark41:1,411,17960,800
Pakistan31:59,547,962132,569
Nigeria31:59,047,586507,603
Spain31:15,584,012120,866
Kenya31:15,393,30077,493
Ivory Coast31:7,690,41157,263
Belgium31:3,832,215117,288
Benin21:5,167,80184,334
Uganda21:19,519,640189,114
Ukraine21:22,761,348425,733
South Korea21:25,620,1284,175
Afghanistan21:16,076,59243,178
Cameroon21:10,384,534165,830
Uruguay11:3,431,75838,295
Albania11:2,914,05529,474
Yemen11:26,425,29455,147
Wales11:3,094,53244,023
Uzbekistan11:30,929,14267,786
Algeria11:38,631,551130,422
Netherlands11:16,887,176156,465
Sudan11:37,510,19514,259
Japan11:127,844,29373,547
Brunei11:418,7313,893
Cambodia11:15,487,14614,824
Colombia11:47,774,07244,230
Costa Rica11:4,780,06913,345
Finland11:5,496,70284,025
Ghana11:27,020,69223,742
Greece11:11,079,790145,225
Guatemala11:16,082,66812,169
Honduras11:8,816,4429,272
Indonesia11:132,249,194811,426
Scotland11:5,353,81763,002
North Macedonia11:2,101,47231,546
Malawi11:17,119,10934,144
Maldives11:404,1727,269
Mali11:16,969,0354,067
Mauritius11:1,293,41716,552
Mexico11:124,126,205103,776
Argentina11:42,743,414282,706
Poland11:38,008,749231,653
American Samoa11:55,7583,072
PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
England111:2,215,94364,354
Scotland31:1,247,73924,719
PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
United States2,4121:20,8202,632

Doss (972) may also be a first name.

Doss Surname Meaning

From Where Does The Surname Originate? meaning and history

(German) Descendant of Doss or Dose, forms of Teuzo, pet forms of names beginning with Diet (people), as Theudoricus and Theudoald.

Dictionary of American Family Names (1956) by Elsdon Coles Smith

Doss Last Name Facts

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

The last name Doss (Marathi: डॉस, Russian: Досс, Tibetan: དོསི་) is found most frequently in The United States. It may be rendered in the variant forms:. Click here for further possible spellings of this last name.

How Common Is The Last Name Doss? popularity and diffusion

It is the 14,632nd most frequently occurring surname at a global level. It is borne by around 1 in 191,425 people. This last name occurs predominantly in The Americas, where 69 percent of Doss live; 68 percent live in North America and 68 percent live in Anglo-North America. It is also the 258,519th most numerous first name worldwide, held by 972 people.

The last name is most commonly held in The United States, where it is carried by 28,219 people, or 1 in 12,844. In The United States it is primarily concentrated in: Texas, where 11 percent live, California, where 7 percent live and Missouri, where 6 percent live. Barring The United States this surname occurs in 79 countries. It also occurs in Egypt, where 11 percent live and India, where 5 percent live.

Doss Family Population Trend historical fluctuation

The prevalency of Doss has changed through the years. In The United States the number of people who held the Doss surname grew 1,170 percent between 1880 and 2014; in England it grew 400 percent between 1881 and 2014 and in Scotland it contracted 67 percent between 1881 and 2014.

Doss Last Name Statistics demography

The religious devotion of those bearing the last name is predominantly Orthodox (75%) in Russia and Orthodox (75%) in Ukraine.

In The United States Doss are 15.02% more likely to be registered with the Republican Party than The US average, with 61.79% being registered with the political party.

The amount Doss earn in different countries varies notably. In South Africa they earn 0.36% less than the national average, earning R 236,784 per year; in United States they earn 8.73% less than the national average, earning $39,381 USD per year and in Canada they earn 10.13% more than the national average, earning $54,718 CAD per year.

Phonetically Similar Names

SurnameSimilarityWorldwide IncidencePrevalency
Dosse891,930/
Douss89130/
Dojss8921/
Duoss8920/
Doess8920/
dos S898/
Dhoss897/
Doiss892/
Dosst892/
Dooss891/
Dossp891/
Dohss890/
Dos869,297/
Dousse801,673/
Doosse808/
Dosshe802/
Dossch801/
Dosstt800/
Dost75131,982/
Dass75131,808/
Dosh758,395/
Dose757,693/
Dous754,053/
Duss752,575/
Dods751,887/
Does751,789/
Doos751,068/
Dohs75433/
Dots75402/
Dosz75292/
Dois75245/
Duos75178/
Dojs75154/
Dhos75149/
Düss7551/
do S7511/
Doys7510/
Ddos757/
Dosd756/
Tdos752/
d'Os751/
Dosx751/
Dìos751/
Doxs751/
Dossche731,240/
Dossova7371/
Dhousse731/
Doessch730/
Do671,545,230/
Dodds6734,445/
Dotse6719,408/
Dosch675,216/
Dasse673,774/
Doust672,530/
Doush672,497/
Douse672,315/
Doose672,183/
Dotts671,797/
Dohse671,792/
Dhosh671,275/
Doise67926/
Douds67807/
Deuss67794/
Dusse67445/
Doost67350/
Doods67280/
Dhose67200/
Dauss67189/
Dohst67120/
Douts67117/
Dhass67106/
Dhossche67100/
Doossche6787/
Doosh6767/
Doits6751/
Doshe6729/
Doths6726/
Duose6718/
Daass679/
Doyse678/
Dodse677/
Gydos676/
Doish676/
Dotsh675/
Doussova674/
Dgous674/
Dhous674/
Dhois674/
Doyts674/
Dashs673/
Dassh673/
Doist673/
Duost673/
Dasss673/
Dusst672/
Dasds672/
Dohhs672/
Dhuss672/
Dhoos672/
Doots672/
Dadss672/
Dosht672/
Hdass671/
Dgois671/
Doosp671/
Tdass671/
Doesh671/
Duiss671/
Dostt671/
Dàous671/
Dhost671/
Dhots671/
Dosssche671/
Dorzs671/
Dosce671/
Dodsh671/
Doxjs671/
Dodës671/
Datss671/
Dasst670/

Doss Name Transliterations

TransliterationICU LatinPercentage of Incidence
Doss in the Tibetan language
དོསི་dosi-
Doss in the Marathi language
डॉसdosa55.56
दोसdosa22.22
डोसdosa22.22
Doss in the Russian language
Доссdoss-

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Doss Reference & Research

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Footnotes

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  • Similar: Names listed in the "Similar" section are phonetically similar and may not have any relation to Doss
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