Dostain Surname
Approximately 47 people bear this surname
Dostain Surname Distribution Map
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| Pakistan | 45 | 1:3,969,864 | 28,516 |
| Cameroon | 1 | 1:20,769,068 | 227,406 |
| France | 1 | 1:66,422,722 | 504,397 |
Dostain (243) may also be a first name.
Dostain Last Name Facts
Where Does The Last Name Dostain Come From? nationality or country of origin
The surname Dostain occurs more in Pakistan more than any other country/territory. It may also be found as:. Click here to see other possible spellings of this name.
How Common Is The Last Name Dostain? popularity and diffusion
Dostain is the 2,843,861st most numerous last name worldwide, held by approximately 1 in 155,054,168 people. It occurs predominantly in Asia, where 96 percent of Dostain are found; 96 percent are found in South Asia and 96 percent are found in Islamic South Asia. It is also the 573,164th most commonly held given name in the world, held by 243 people.
The surname Dostain is most frequent in Pakistan, where it is borne by 45 people, or 1 in 3,969,864. In Pakistan Dostain is mostly found in: Sindh, where 53 percent reside, Balochistan, where 44 percent reside and Islamabad Capital Territory, where 2 percent reside. Barring Pakistan this last name is found in 2 countries. It is also common in Cameroon, where 2 percent reside and France, where 2 percent reside.
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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 Dostain
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