Dossa Surname
Approximately 36,464 people bear this surname
Dossa Surname Distribution Map
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| Benin | 23,719 | 1:436 | 39 |
| Ethiopia | 6,278 | 1:15,538 | 2,141 |
| Tanzania | 2,381 | 1:22,235 | 2,760 |
| Togo | 1,890 | 1:3,835 | 622 |
| United States | 354 | 1:1,023,895 | 75,330 |
| Canada | 239 | 1:154,166 | 15,668 |
| Nigeria | 203 | 1:872,624 | 38,134 |
| Brazil | 194 | 1:1,103,476 | 38,577 |
| France | 163 | 1:407,501 | 59,752 |
| Pakistan | 157 | 1:1,137,859 | 13,974 |
| Ivory Coast | 140 | 1:164,795 | 7,505 |
| England | 132 | 1:422,107 | 28,563 |
| Malawi | 131 | 1:130,680 | 14,293 |
| Niger | 100 | 1:191,920 | 6,591 |
| India | 97 | 1:7,907,891 | 167,329 |
| Mauritius | 65 | 1:19,899 | 4,127 |
| Haiti | 60 | 1:178,065 | 7,089 |
| Indonesia | 27 | 1:4,898,118 | 234,077 |
| Colombia | 21 | 1:2,274,956 | 12,893 |
| Congo | 14 | 1:356,364 | 9,454 |
| United Arab Emirates | 14 | 1:654,448 | 24,061 |
| Norway | 10 | 1:514,229 | 41,629 |
| Belgium | 9 | 1:1,277,405 | 87,318 |
| South Africa | 6 | 1:9,029,617 | 189,736 |
| Burkina Faso | 6 | 1:3,058,683 | 18,466 |
| Mozambique | 4 | 1:6,815,392 | 4,272 |
| Kenya | 4 | 1:11,544,975 | 62,419 |
| Italy | 4 | 1:15,289,172 | 132,955 |
| Ghana | 4 | 1:6,755,173 | 15,406 |
| Cameroon | 4 | 1:5,192,267 | 135,173 |
| Argentina | 4 | 1:10,685,854 | 219,200 |
| Scotland | 3 | 1:1,784,606 | 41,943 |
| Greece | 2 | 1:5,539,895 | 129,142 |
| Australia | 2 | 1:13,497,850 | 222,987 |
| Philippines | 2 | 1:50,619,112 | 341,003 |
| Senegal | 2 | 1:7,289,671 | 8,117 |
| Sweden | 1 | 1:9,846,757 | 347,448 |
| Sudan | 1 | 1:37,510,195 | 14,259 |
| Switzerland | 1 | 1:8,212,915 | 156,297 |
| Sri Lanka | 1 | 1:20,808,560 | 18,521 |
| Wales | 1 | 1:3,094,532 | 44,023 |
| Jamaica | 1 | 1:2,869,947 | 13,896 |
| Saudi Arabia | 1 | 1:30,855,817 | 63,028 |
| Poland | 1 | 1:38,008,749 | 231,653 |
| Monaco | 1 | 1:37,066 | 4,748 |
| Malaysia | 1 | 1:29,494,225 | 409,885 |
| Japan | 1 | 1:127,844,293 | 73,547 |
| Afghanistan | 1 | 1:32,153,183 | 60,828 |
| Iceland | 1 | 1:380,090 | 11,096 |
| Guinea | 1 | 1:11,833,817 | 3,268 |
| Germany | 1 | 1:80,505,459 | 560,955 |
| DR Congo | 1 | 1:73,879,570 | 260,543 |
| China | 1 | 1:1,367,321,566 | 51,149 |
| Austria | 1 | 1:8,515,435 | 118,036 |
| Algeria | 1 | 1:38,631,551 | 130,422 |
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| United States | 4 | 1:12,554,671 | 503,821 |
Dossa (6,866) may also be a first name.
Dossa Demographics
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Dossa Last Name Facts
Where Does The Last Name Dossa Come From? nationality or country of origin
The last name Dossa (Marathi: डोसा) is borne by more people in Benin than any other country or territory. It can also occur as:. Click here for other possible spellings of this surname.
How Common Is The Last Name Dossa? popularity and diffusion
This last name is the 15,275th most numerous surname on a global scale, held by approximately 1 in 199,856 people. The surname Dossa occurs mostly in Africa, where 96 percent of Dossa live; 71 percent live in West Africa and 71 percent live in Atlantic-Niger Africa. It is also the 78,577th most frequently used first name on earth It is held by 6,866 people.
This last name is most frequently held in Benin, where it is held by 23,719 people, or 1 in 436. In Benin it is most frequent in: Ouémé Department, where 26 percent reside, Atlantique Department, where 15 percent reside and Zou Department, where 14 percent reside. Aside from Benin it is found in 54 countries. It is also common in Ethiopia, where 17 percent reside and Tanzania, where 7 percent reside.
Dossa Family Population Trend historical fluctuation
The prevalency of Dossa has changed over time. In The United States the number of people who held the Dossa last name rose 8,850 percent between 1880 and 2014.
Dossa Last Name Statistics demography
In The United States those holding the Dossa surname are 7.15% more likely to be registered Democrats than The US average, with 60.38% being registered with the party.
The amount Dossa earn in different countries varies greatly. In Norway they earn 24.37% less than the national average, earning 261,727 kr per year; in South Africa they earn 58.24% more than the national average, earning R 376,044 per year; in Colombia they earn 61.55% more than the national average, earning $36,676,300 COP per year; in United States they earn 10.68% more than the national average, earning $47,756 USD per year and in Canada they earn 29.62% more than the national average, earning $64,400 CAD per year.
Phonetically Similar Names
Dossa Name Transliterations
| Transliteration | ICU Latin | Percentage of Incidence |
|---|---|---|
| Dossa in the Marathi language | ||
| डोसा | dosa | 96.49 |
| डोस | dosa | 3.51 |
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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 Dossa
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