Dostas Surname
Approximately 45 people bear this surname
Dostas Surname Distribution Map
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| Iran | 38 | 1:2,020,593 | 71,790 |
| Israel | 5 | 1:1,711,527 | 84,568 |
| Greece | 1 | 1:11,079,790 | 145,225 |
| Netherlands | 1 | 1:16,887,176 | 156,465 |
The alternate forms: Dostaš (9) are calculated separately.
Dostas Last Name Facts
Where Does The Last Name Dostas Come From? nationality or country of origin
The surname Dostas is found most frequently in Iran. It can appear as a variant: Dostaš. Click here to see other potential spellings of this name.
How Common Is The Last Name Dostas? popularity and diffusion
Dostas is the 2,909,720th most frequent surname on a worldwide basis, borne by approximately 1 in 161,945,465 people. This surname is primarily found in Asia, where 96 percent of Dostas live; 84 percent live in South Asia and 84 percent live in Islamic South Asia.
Dostas is most common in Iran, where it is carried by 38 people, or 1 in 2,020,593. In Iran Dostas is most common in: Kermanshah Province, where 24 percent are found, Sistan and Baluchestan Province, where 24 percent are found and Qazvin Province, where 21 percent are found. Without taking into account Iran Dostas exists in 3 countries. It is also found in Israel, where 11 percent are found and Greece, where 2 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
- 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 Dostas
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