Dottey Surname
Approximately 624 people bear this surname
Dottey Surname Distribution Map
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| Ghana | 623 | 1:43,372 | 4,874 |
| United States | 1 | 1:362,458,933 | 1,988,048 |
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| United States | 18 | 1:2,789,927 | 129,797 |
Dottey Last Name Facts
Where Does The Last Name Dottey Come From? nationality or country of origin
The surname Dottey is found most frequently in Ghana. It can be found in the variant forms:. For other possible spellings of Dottey click here.
How Common Is The Last Name Dottey? popularity and diffusion
The surname is the 521,266th most widely held family name globally. It is borne by approximately 1 in 11,678,759 people. This last name occurs mostly in Africa, where 100 percent of Dottey reside; 100 percent reside in West Africa and 100 percent reside in Atlantic-Niger Africa.
Dottey is most commonly used in Ghana, where it is carried by 623 people, or 1 in 43,372. Besides Ghana Dottey is found in one country. It is also common in The United States, where 0 percent reside.
Dottey Family Population Trend historical fluctuation
The occurrence of Dottey has changed over time. In The United States the number of people bearing the Dottey last name fell 94 percent between 1880 and 2014.
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Dottey Reference & Research
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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 Dottey
- To find out more about this surname's family history, lookup records on FamilySearch, MyHeritage, FindMyPast and Ancestry. Further information may be obtained by DNA analysis