Dossou-Dossa Surname

4,034,050th
Most Common
surname in the World

Approximately 24 people bear this surname

Most prevalent in:
Benin
Highest density in:
Iceland

Dossou-Dossa Surname

The meaning of this surname is not listed.

DNA test information

Dossou-Dossa Surname Distribution Map

By incidenceBy frequencyBy rank
Incidence (high to low)Incidence (low to high)Alphabetic A-ZAlphabetic Z-ARank (high to low)Rank (low to high)
PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
Benin231:449,37431,324
Iceland11:380,09011,096

Dossou-Dossa Last Name Facts

Where Does The Last Name Dossou-Dossa Come From? nationality or country of origin

Dossou-Dossa is found most frequently in Benin. It can also appear as a variant:. Click here to see other possible spellings of this surname.

How Common Is The Last Name Dossou-Dossa? popularity and diffusion

Dossou-Dossa is the 4,034,050th most frequent last name on a worldwide basis. It is borne by around 1 in 303,647,746 people. The last name Dossou-Dossa is mostly found in Africa, where 96 percent of Dossou-Dossa reside; 96 percent reside in West Africa and 96 percent reside in Atlantic-Niger Africa.

The surname is most prevalent in Benin, where it is carried by 23 people, or 1 in 449,374. In Benin Dossou-Dossa is most numerous in: Ouémé Department, where 57 percent are found, Mono Department, where 22 percent are found and Littoral Department, where 9 percent are found. Besides Benin Dossou-Dossa exists in one country. It also occurs in Iceland, where 4 percent are found.

Phonetically Similar Names

Incidence (high to low)Incidence (low to high)Alphabetic A-ZAlphabetic Z-ASimilarity (high to low)Similarity (low to high)Prevalent jurisdiction A-ZPrevalent jurisdiction Z-A
SurnameSimilarityWorldwide IncidencePrevalency
Dossoudossa961/
Dossoutossou751/
Dos-Dos7410/
Dosodos741/
Dossoutessi701/
Dosdos673,787/
Daosodsai6739/
do Soutos671/
Dowsodsai671/

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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
  • Heatmap: Dark red means there is a higher occurrence of the name, transitioning to light yellow signifies a progressively lower occurrence. Clicking on selected countries will show mapping at a regional level
  • 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 Dossou-Dossa
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