Dourlay Surname
Approximately 42 people bear this surname
Dourlay Surname Distribution Map
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| Cameroon | 28 | 1:741,752 | 52,682 |
| Australia | 12 | 1:2,249,642 | 97,973 |
| Scotland | 2 | 1:2,676,908 | 51,579 |
Dourlay Last Name Facts
Where Does The Last Name Dourlay Come From? nationality or country of origin
Dourlay is borne by more people in Cameroon than any other country/territory. It can also appear as a variant:. For other possible spellings of this surname click here.
How Common Is The Last Name Dourlay? popularity and diffusion
Dourlay is the 3,017,195th most frequently occurring family name on earth It is held by around 1 in 173,512,998 people. The surname Dourlay is primarily found in Africa, where 67 percent of Dourlay reside; 55 percent reside in West Africa and 52 percent reside in Senegambia Africa.
The last name is most numerous in Cameroon, where it is carried by 28 people, or 1 in 741,752. In Cameroon it is most numerous in: North Region, where 71 percent reside, Far North Region, where 11 percent reside and Adamawa Region, where 7 percent reside. Besides Cameroon Dourlay exists in 2 countries. It is also found in Australia, where 29 percent reside and Scotland, where 5 percent reside.
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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
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- 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 Dourlay
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