Dousse Surname
Approximately 1,673 people bear this surname
Dousse Surname Distribution Map
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| Switzerland | 798 | 1:10,292 | 1,688 |
| France | 711 | 1:93,422 | 13,557 |
| Benin | 86 | 1:120,181 | 13,205 |
| Cameroon | 15 | 1:1,384,605 | 80,726 |
| Ivory Coast | 14 | 1:1,647,945 | 32,915 |
| Belgium | 10 | 1:1,149,664 | 82,403 |
| Germany | 10 | 1:8,050,546 | 248,660 |
| Niger | 8 | 1:2,399,002 | 43,750 |
| Algeria | 5 | 1:7,726,310 | 57,379 |
| Hong Kong | 2 | 1:3,667,742 | 11,574 |
| Scotland | 2 | 1:2,676,908 | 51,579 |
| United States | 2 | 1:181,229,466 | 1,556,795 |
| Chad | 1 | 1:13,592,199 | 13,092 |
| Mauritania | 1 | 1:4,094,863 | 38,869 |
| Nigeria | 1 | 1:177,142,758 | 748,972 |
| Peru | 1 | 1:31,784,123 | 64,452 |
| Russia | 1 | 1:144,123,056 | 881,408 |
| Senegal | 1 | 1:14,579,342 | 11,705 |
| Canada | 1 | 1:36,845,591 | 464,108 |
| Thailand | 1 | 1:70,638,345 | 1,175,915 |
| Togo | 1 | 1:7,247,768 | 12,049 |
| Tunisia | 1 | 1:610,626 | 30,336 |
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| United States | 5 | 1:10,043,737 | 422,899 |
The alternate forms: Doussé (2) are calculated separately.
Dousse (102) may also be a first name.
Dousse Last Name Facts
Where Does The Last Name Dousse Come From? nationality or country of origin
Dousse is carried by more people in Switzerland than any other country or territory. It can be found as a variant: Doussé. For other potential spellings of this last name click here.
How Common Is The Last Name Dousse? popularity and diffusion
The last name Dousse is the 239,402nd most widespread surname in the world, borne by around 1 in 4,355,975 people. It occurs mostly in Europe, where 92 percent of Dousse live; 91 percent live in Western Europe and 85 percent live in Gallo-Europe. Dousse is also the 935,178th most commonly held first name worldwide, borne by 102 people.
Dousse is most frequent in Switzerland, where it is carried by 798 people, or 1 in 10,292. In Switzerland it is primarily found in: Canton of Fribourg, where 59 percent are found, Republic and Canton of Geneva, where 11 percent are found and Canton of Vaud, where 11 percent are found. Outside of Switzerland this surname exists in 21 countries. It is also found in France, where 42 percent are found and Benin, where 5 percent are found.
Dousse Family Population Trend historical fluctuation
The incidence of Dousse has changed over time. In The United States the number of people carrying the Dousse last name fell 60 percent between 1880 and 2014.
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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
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