Dotty Surname

3,055,934th
Most Common
surname in the World

Approximately 41 people bear this surname

Most prevalent in:
Malaysia
Highest density in:
Papua New Guinea

Dotty Surname

The meaning of this surname is not listed.

Dotty Surname Distribution Map

PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
Malaysia101:2,949,422111,742
Niger101:1,919,20237,248
Papua New Guinea91:905,96994,851
India41:191,766,3461,073,940
Venezuela31:10,068,02660,591
Kenya21:23,089,95083,168
England11:55,718,059489,080
Ivory Coast11:23,071,23276,679
South Africa11:54,177,704343,732
PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
England11:24,375,369195,128
PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
United States981:512,43635,831

Dotty (4,840) may also be a first name.

Dotty Last Name Facts

Where Does The Last Name Dotty Come From? nationality or country of origin

The surname Dotty (Marathi: डॉटी) occurs in Malaysia more than any other country/territory. It can also appear as a variant:. Click here to see other potential spellings of this last name.

How Common Is The Last Name Dotty? popularity and diffusion

This last name is the 3,055,934th most commonly used last name throughout the world. It is borne by approximately 1 in 177,745,022 people. The last name Dotty occurs mostly in Asia, where 34 percent of Dotty reside; 24 percent reside in Southeast Asia and 24 percent reside in Malayo-Arabic Southeast Asia. It is also the 98,179th most prevalent given name worldwide, borne by 4,840 people.

This surname is most widely held in Malaysia, where it is carried by 10 people, or 1 in 2,949,422. In Malaysia it is most frequent in: Sabah, where 100 percent are found. Besides Malaysia Dotty occurs in 8 countries. It also occurs in Niger, where 24 percent are found and Papua New Guinea, where 22 percent are found.

Phonetically Similar Names

SurnameSimilarityWorldwide IncidencePrevalency
Dottey91624/
Dottay9170/
Doutty9125/
Dootty910/
Doty8925,518/
Douthty835/
Dotti8011,892/
Dotta807,435/
Douty802,688/
Dotte801,008/
Datty80207/
Dotey80129/
Duoty8087/
Dooty8075/
Dothy8046/
Dutty8040/
Dotay8024/
Hdoty8011/
Dotet807/
Dotyi803/
Dodty802/
Dotoy802/
Dotyo802/
Dohty801/
Doity801/
Dotiy801/
Dotter732,320/
Dostyi73567/
Duttey73277/
Dottie73254/
Dostay73195/
Doutey73133/
Dothuy73120/
Dottes7375/
Doutte7368/
Dottai7362/
Dhotiy7342/
Dottis7335/
Dattey7335/
Dothey7334/
Dhotte7333/
Dottei7333/
Doutti7333/
Dhutty7319/
Dattay7317/
Dostey7316/
Dothiy7313/
Doutté7312/
Doitay7310/
Dothay7310/
Dhotay739/
Douthy738/
Doitte736/
Duotay736/
Dhotta735/
Doutta735/
Dootay734/
Duotta734/
Dottiz734/
Dothoy732/
Doutet732/
Dhothy732/
Doutit731/
Doejty731/
Doetti731/
Dhotey731/
Dattiy731/
Duttay731/
Duttiy731/
Dostet731/
Dootey731/
Dotets731/
Dothet731/
Dothit731/
Dottha731/
Dotthe731/
Dottoi731/
Dotych731/
Doetay731/
Dootyo731/
Dhotti731/
Dostoy731/
Dottaj731/
Dottio731/
Duotti731/
Doette730/
Doithy730/
Dhouty730/
Dote6711,750/
Duty676,570/
Doti675,513/
Dota674,640/
Douthit673,692/
Daty67308/
Dhoitay6799/
Douthet6766/
Douthey6728/
Doittee6719/
Dostych678/
Dotthai678/
Doté677/
Doutter672/
Doutitt672/
Doitteu672/
Dottett672/
Douttez672/
Dhattiy671/
Dattaya671/
Dotteer671/
Dhothay671/
Dotaitė671/
Douëtte671/
Doethey670/
Dotterr670/
Dothitt670/
Dostest670/
Doheety670/
Dothett670/
Dudttey670/
Dohiety670/

Dotty Name Transliterations

TransliterationICU LatinPercentage of Incidence
Dotty in the Marathi language
डॉटीdoti-

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Dotty 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 Dotty
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