Dössing Surname

3,274,477th
Most Common
surname in the World

Approximately 36 people bear this surname

Most prevalent in:
Sweden
Highest density in:
Sweden

Dössing Surname

The meaning of this surname is not listed.

Dössing Surname Distribution Map

PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
Sweden351:281,33619,530
Germany11:80,505,459560,955

The alternate forms: Dossing (110) are calculated separately.

Dössing Last Name Facts

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

Dössing is found in Sweden more than any other country or territory. It can also occur as a variant: Dossing. For other possible spellings of this surname click here.

How Common Is The Last Name Dössing? popularity and diffusion

It is the 3,274,477th most common surname on earth It is held by around 1 in 202,431,831 people. This last name occurs mostly in Europe, where 100 percent of Dössing live; 97 percent live in Northern Europe and 97 percent live in Scandinavia.

This last name is most frequent in Sweden, where it is borne by 35 people, or 1 in 281,336. In Sweden Dössing is mostly concentrated in: Östergötland County, where 40 percent are found, Skåne County, where 37 percent are found and Stockholm County, where 9 percent are found. Outside of Sweden Dössing exists in one country. It is also common in Germany, where 3 percent are found.

Phonetically Similar Names

SurnameSimilarityWorldwide IncidencePrevalency
Dossing95110/
Dösing924/
Dessing86615/
Dassing86258/
Deussing80136/
Dassingh8029/
Doessing802/
Daïssing801/
Dessingh801/
Dassin771,257/
Dessin771,192/
Dossin77993/
Dasing77873/
Desing77477/
Dosing77118/
Dèssin771/
Dhassingh751/
Deusing71217/
Deesing71122/
Desingh71121/
Dasingh7154/
Dassien7139/
Doesing7133/
Dhesing7116/
Dhasing715/
Dessien712/
Dossien711/
Dhessin711/
Desseng711/
Dasseng711/
Dohsing710/
Dasin67880/
Dosin67357/
Desin67340/
Deussien676/
Dhasingh675/
Deesieng671/
Deuhsing671/
Dösen671/
Dahasing671/

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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 Dössing
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