Dossama Surname
Approximately 515 people bear this surname
Dossama Surname Distribution Map
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| Burkina Faso | 510 | 1:35,985 | 1,890 |
| South Africa | 2 | 1:27,088,852 | 277,613 |
| Ivory Coast | 1 | 1:23,071,232 | 76,679 |
| Mali | 1 | 1:16,969,035 | 4,067 |
| Togo | 1 | 1:7,247,768 | 12,049 |
Dossama Last Name Facts
Where Does The Last Name Dossama Come From? nationality or country of origin
The surname Dossama is held by more people in Burkina Faso than any other country/territory. It can also occur as:. For other possible spellings of Dossama click here.
How Common Is The Last Name Dossama? popularity and diffusion
The surname Dossama is the 602,749th most prevalent family name in the world, borne by approximately 1 in 14,150,575 people. The surname is mostly found in Africa, where 100 percent of Dossama are found; 99 percent are found in West Africa and 91 percent are found in Mande Africa.
The surname Dossama is most frequently occurring in Burkina Faso, where it is carried by 510 people, or 1 in 35,985. In Burkina Faso Dossama is most frequent in: Hauts-Bassins Region, where 92 percent live, Centre Region, where 7 percent live and Boucle du Mouhoun Region, where 1 percent live. Other than Burkina Faso it occurs in 4 countries. It is also found in South Africa, where 0 percent live and The Ivory Coast, where 0 percent live.
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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 Dossama
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