Doumbia Surname

1,059th
Most Common
surname in the World

Approximately 507,684 people bear this surname

Most prevalent in:
Mali
Highest density in:
Mali

Doumbia Surname User-submission:

This surname means 'dome or big house owner'. In Mandingo or Banbara language from Mali (west Africa) dum means 'house', ba means 'massive' and ya is 'ownership'.

Doumbia Surname Distribution Map

PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
Mali347,2611:4910
Ivory Coast152,0221:15221
Senegal2,5481:5,722281
Ghana1,0391:26,0063,108
Burkina Faso9841:18,6511,329
Spain7161:65,2965,880
Morocco5111:67,46811,380
United States4621:784,54360,722
France4311:154,11323,915
Mauritania4251:9,6351,002
Guinea3071:38,547594
Gabon2531:7,4671,394
Saudi Arabia2391:129,10417,726
Niger801:239,9007,715
Canada651:566,85547,218
England461:1,211,26256,182
Germany321:2,515,796126,826
Belgium251:459,86646,150
Benin221:469,80032,108
Sweden191:518,25037,550
Liberia171:259,32615,766
Cameroon171:1,221,71073,195
Congo131:383,7779,863
China121:113,943,4645,994
Russia111:13,102,096377,010
Italy101:6,115,669111,715
Central African Republic91:501,710179
Tunisia91:67,8478,246
Netherlands81:2,110,89788,902
South Africa71:7,739,672177,858
United Arab Emirates61:1,527,04651,993
Qatar61:393,00055,922
Switzerland51:1,642,58387,307
Gambia41:480,863548
Mozambique41:6,815,3924,272
Togo41:1,811,9428,122
Kenya41:11,544,97562,419
Algeria41:9,657,88864,782
DR Congo41:18,469,892182,906
Brazil41:53,518,583632,670
Equatorial Guinea41:283,918487
Norway31:1,714,09579,528
Czechia31:3,544,490144,714
Nigeria31:59,047,586507,603
Haiti31:3,561,30220,668
Thailand21:35,319,172966,191
Iceland21:190,0456,825
Greece21:5,539,895129,142
Finland11:5,496,70284,025
Angola11:26,989,21411,853
Australia11:26,995,701270,794
Uganda11:39,039,279258,887
Austria11:8,515,435118,036
Bahrain11:1,348,60810,432
Cuba11:11,522,71617,380
Egypt11:91,935,754132,737
Ethiopia11:97,546,26229,669
Maldives11:404,1727,269
Gibraltar11:33,9541,660
Singapore11:5,507,70347,049
Hong Kong11:7,335,48316,643
Israel11:8,557,634182,558
Japan11:127,844,29373,547
Kazakhstan11:17,682,496204,010
Kuwait11:3,800,69427,187

Doumbia (27,001) may also be a first name.

Doumbia Surname Meaning

User-submitted Reference

This surname means 'dome or big house owner'. In Mandingo or Banbara language from Mali (west Africa) dum means 'house', ba means 'massive' and ya is 'ownership'.

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Doumbia Last Name Facts

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

The last name Doumbia (Arabic: دومبيا, Hassaniya-Arabic: ﺩﻭﻣﺒﻴﺎ) is held by more people in Mali than any other country/territory. It can occur as a variant:. For other possible spellings of this last name click here.

How Common Is The Last Name Doumbia? popularity and diffusion

It is the 1,059th most frequently used surname at a global level It is held by around 1 in 14,354 people. Doumbia is primarily found in Africa, where 91 percent of Doumbia live; 91 percent live in West Africa and 77 percent live in Mande Africa. It is also the 30,204th most frequent first name worldwide. It is borne by 27,001 people.

This surname is most common in Mali, where it is held by 347,261 people, or 1 in 49. Not including Mali this last name exists in 64 countries. It is also found in The Ivory Coast, where 30 percent live and Senegal, where 1 percent live.

Doumbia Last Name Statistics demography

In The United States Doumbia are 21.32% more likely to be registered Democrats than the national average, with 74.55% registered with the political party.

The amount Doumbia earn in different countries varies greatly. In South Africa they earn 18.1% more than the national average, earning R 280,656 per year; in United States they earn 28.17% less than the national average, earning $30,996 USD per year and in Canada they earn 40.44% less than the national average, earning $29,589 CAD per year.

Phonetically Similar Names

SurnameSimilarityWorldwide IncidencePrevalency
Doummbia931/
Ddoumbia931/
Dombia92201/
Dumbia9237/
Doumbya86369/
Doumvia8638/
Dounbia8634/
Duombia863/
Doumbea863/
Ddumbia861/
Daumbia861/
Dusimbia8061/
Dumbeyia801/
Dombio77365/
Dambia7746/
Dumbya773/
Dombea773/
Dombya772/
Domvia771/
Dunbia771/
Donbia771/
Doumouhia756/
Dounbya711/
Dambija711/
Dambiat711/
Dambagia678/
Dombayya674/
Diyombya671/
Dumbuyya671/

Doumbia Name Transliterations

TransliterationICU LatinPercentage of Incidence
Doumbia in the Hassaniya-Arabic language
ﺩﻭﻣﺒﻴﺎdwmbya71.74
ﺩﻣﺒﻴﺎdmbya26.09
ﺩﻭﻣﻨﺒﻴﺎdwmnbya1.09
ﺩﻧﻤﺒﻴﺎdnmbya1.09
Doumbia in the Arabic language
دومبياdwmbya-

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