Dossia Surname

1,380,086th
Most Common
surname in the World

Approximately 159 people bear this surname

Most prevalent in:
Benin
Highest density in:
Benin

Dossia Surname

The meaning of this surname is not listed.

Dossia Surname Distribution Map

PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
Benin1551:66,6818,149
Albania11:2,914,05529,474
Cameroon11:20,769,068227,406
Ivory Coast11:23,071,23276,679
United States11:362,458,9331,988,048
PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
United States31:16,739,561595,711

Dossia (199) may also be a first name.

Dossia Last Name Facts

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

The surname Dossia is carried by more people in Benin than any other country or territory. It may be found in the variant forms:. Click here to see other potential spellings of this name.

How Common Is The Last Name Dossia? popularity and diffusion

This last name is the 1,380,086th most frequently held family name in the world It is held by approximately 1 in 45,833,622 people. The surname Dossia is primarily found in Africa, where 99 percent of Dossia are found; 99 percent are found in West Africa and 98 percent are found in Atlantic-Niger Africa. It is also the 642,605th most prevalent given name on earth, borne by 199 people.

The surname is most frequent in Benin, where it is held by 155 people, or 1 in 66,681. In Benin Dossia is most frequent in: Atakora Department, where 88 percent reside, Donga Department, where 6 percent reside and Zou Department, where 5 percent reside. Other than Benin this surname exists in 4 countries. It is also common in Albania, where 1 percent reside and Cameroon, where 1 percent reside.

Dossia Family Population Trend historical fluctuation

The incidence of Dossia has changed through the years. In The United States the number of people carrying the Dossia surname declined 67 percent between 1880 and 2014.

Phonetically Similar Names

SurnameSimilarityWorldwide IncidencePrevalency
Doussia9274/
Dossiea9216/
Dossias9211/
Dosssia921/
Dossiah921/
Dosia91322/
Doussias8613/
Dussia83204/
Dessia83105/
Dosias8395/
Dotsia8360/
Dassia8326/
Dossio8326/
Dousia837/
Dosiah835/
Doshia835/
Doscia832/
Dossya832/
Déssia832/
Dosiap831/
Dosieah77263/
Dussias7775/
Doutsia7765/
Dousias7729/
Dossios7719/
Doudsia7711/
Deussia7710/
Dosihad779/
Dotsias778/
Dassias776/
Dassiah772/
Dassiha771/
Dhoosia771/
Desia73623/
Dasia73408/
Dosea7336/
Dusia7323/
Dosja732/
Dósia731/
Dousseau71344/
Dessieau712/
Doutsias711/
Dessihai711/
Dochia67907/
Dasiah67512/
Dhusia67357/
Dassio67115/
Dessio6794/
Dashia6736/
Deshia6733/
D'Asia6732/
Dussio6716/
Dotsya6715/
Dosyha677/
Dusiah677/
Dasiha677/
Doscio673/
Dascia673/
Dushia673/
Dassea672/
Desiah672/
Dussya672/
Duscia672/
Daasia672/
Dadsia671/
Desiea671/
Dhasia671/
Dasias671/
Dasiay671/
Dasiae671/
Déscia671/
Déssio671/
Datsia671/
Dasiea671/
Dehsia671/
Deesia671/
Dahsia671/
Dosieo670/
Doshea670/

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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 Dossia
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