Dossam Surname
Approximately 13 people bear this surname
Dossam Surname Distribution Map
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| Cameroon | 11 | 1:1,888,097 | 98,267 |
| Chad | 1 | 1:13,592,199 | 13,092 |
| India | 1 | 1:767,065,382 | 1,851,717 |
Dossam Last Name Facts
Where Does The Last Name Dossam Come From? nationality or country of origin
The last name Dossam is more frequently found in Cameroon than any other country or territory. It may appear in the variant forms:. Click here to see other possible spellings of this last name.
How Common Is The Last Name Dossam? popularity and diffusion
The last name is the 5,391,485th most common surname in the world, held by around 1 in 560,580,455 people. The surname is predominantly found in Africa, where 92 percent of Dossam reside; 85 percent reside in West Africa and 77 percent reside in Chadic Africa.
The surname Dossam is most widespread in Cameroon, where it is carried by 11 people, or 1 in 1,888,097. In Cameroon it is mostly found in: Far North Region, where 82 percent are found, Adamawa Region, where 9 percent are found and North Region, where 9 percent are found. Apart from Cameroon this last name exists in 2 countries. It also occurs in Chad, where 8 percent are found and India, where 8 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
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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 Dossam
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