Dostey Surname
Approximately 16 people bear this surname
Dostey Surname Distribution Map
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| Jamaica | 12 | 1:239,162 | 6,359 |
| Nigeria | 2 | 1:88,571,379 | 625,098 |
| Benin | 1 | 1:10,335,602 | 103,742 |
| Ghana | 1 | 1:27,020,692 | 23,742 |
Dostey Last Name Facts
Where Does The Last Name Dostey Come From? nationality or country of origin
The surname Dostey is carried by more people in Jamaica than any other country/territory. It may also be rendered as a variant:. Click here for further potential spellings of this surname.
How Common Is The Last Name Dostey? popularity and diffusion
The last name is the 4,908,606th most commonly used last name at a global level It is held by approximately 1 in 455,471,620 people. The surname is predominantly found in The Americas, where 75 percent of Dostey are found; 75 percent are found in Caribbean and 75 percent are found in Anglo-Caribbean.
This surname is most frequent in Jamaica, where it is borne by 12 people, or 1 in 239,162. In Jamaica Dostey is most prevalent in: Surrey County, where 100 percent are found. Without taking into account Jamaica this surname exists in 3 countries. It also occurs in Nigeria, where 13 percent are found and Benin, where 6 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 Dostey
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