Dostum Surname
Approximately 933 people bear this surname
Dostum Surname Distribution Map
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| Afghanistan | 801 | 1:40,141 | 1,533 |
| Turkey | 70 | 1:1,111,735 | 48,540 |
| Iran | 52 | 1:1,476,587 | 59,047 |
| Pakistan | 4 | 1:44,660,971 | 115,884 |
| Russia | 2 | 1:72,061,528 | 727,117 |
| Azerbaijan | 1 | 1:9,649,122 | 47,873 |
| Germany | 1 | 1:80,505,459 | 560,955 |
| United States | 1 | 1:362,458,933 | 1,988,048 |
| Wales | 1 | 1:3,094,532 | 44,023 |
Dostum (616) may also be a first name.
Dostum Last Name Facts
Where Does The Last Name Dostum Come From? nationality or country of origin
The surname Dostum is found most frequently in Afghanistan. It may be rendered as a variant:. Click here for other potential spellings of this last name.
How Common Is The Last Name Dostum? popularity and diffusion
The last name is the 381,790th most frequently used surname in the world. It is borne by around 1 in 7,810,875 people. The last name Dostum is predominantly found in Asia, where 98 percent of Dostum are found; 92 percent are found in South Asia and 92 percent are found in Islamic South Asia. It is also the 336,421st most widespread first name internationally, held by 616 people.
This last name is most frequent in Afghanistan, where it is borne by 801 people, or 1 in 40,141. In Afghanistan it is most numerous in: Helmand, where 17 percent are found, Faryab, where 14 percent are found and Nangarhar, where 13 percent are found. Aside from Afghanistan this last name occurs in 8 countries. It also occurs in Turkey, where 8 percent are found and Iran, where 6 percent are found.
Phonetically Similar Names
| Surname | Similarity | Worldwide Incidence | Prevalency |
|---|---|---|---|
| Dotum | 91 | 9 | / |
| Dostun | 83 | 4 | / |
| Dustum | 83 | 3 | / |
| Dotgum | 83 | 1 | / |
| Dotoum | 83 | 1 | / |
| Dastum | 83 | 1 | / |
| Dostumova | 80 | 1 | / |
| Doutoum | 77 | 5,692 | / |
| Dotusme | 77 | 371 | / |
| Dastoum | 77 | 9 | / |
| Dochtum | 77 | 0 | / |
| Dotun | 73 | 439 | / |
| Datum | 73 | 408 | / |
| Dotom | 73 | 5 | / |
| Dotuń | 73 | 4 | / |
| Doston | 67 | 290 | / |
| Dadtum | 67 | 133 | / |
| Dathum | 67 | 41 | / |
| Dotung | 67 | 16 | / |
| Dattum | 67 | 10 | / |
| Dotoun | 67 | 5 | / |
| Dastun | 67 | 3 | / |
| Doutom | 67 | 2 | / |
| Dohtom | 67 | 2 | / |
| Dhotun | 67 | 2 | / |
| Dothun | 67 | 1 | / |
| Dothom | 67 | 1 | / |
| Douthoume | 67 | 1 | / |
| Dastom | 67 | 1 | / |
| Datuim | 67 | 1 | / |
| Dootun | 67 | 1 | / |
| Doitom | 67 | 1 | / |
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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 Dostum
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