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Is Dorcas a Male or Female Name?

Dorcas is a female name

Gender Distribution

The gender distribution of people named Dorcas globally is 0.8% males and 99.2% females. The country with the highest male ratio is Cameroon with 3.6% and the country with the highest female ratio is Kenya with 99.9%

Bar chart showing gender ratios of people named Dorcas in percentages: Globally: 0.8% males, 99.2% females, Nigeria: 1.0% males, 99.0% females, Ghana: 0.8% males, 99.2% females, United States: 0.3% males, 99.7% females, Kenya: 0.1% males, 99.9% females, South Africa: 1.4% males, 98.6% females, United Kingdom: 0.1% males, 99.9% females, Cameroon: 3.6% males, 96.4% females

Age Distribution

The largest group of people named Dorcas are 35-44 years old, making up 30.4% of people with the name. The smallest group are aged 55-64.

Doughnut chart showing the proportion of people named Dorcas in each age group: 25-34: 21.1%, 35-44: 30.4%, 45-54: 22.1%, 55-64: 9.6%, 65+: 16.8%

Popular Countries

The country with the largest proportion of people named Dorcas is Ghana with 0.1323% of the population. Following is Kenya and Nigeria.

Historic Popularity

The historic popularity of the name Dorcas measured by the global proportion of people with the given name.

Line chart showing global proportion of people named Dorcas year over year: 1956: 0.001‰, 1957: 0.0012‰, 1958: 0.0009‰, 1959: 0.0004‰, 1960: 0.0003‰, 1961: 0.0013‰, 1962: 0.001‰, 1963: 0.0009‰, 1964: 0.0003‰, 1965: 0.0011‰, 1966: 0.0003‰, 1967: 0.0002‰, 1968: 0.0005‰, 1969: 0.0004‰, 1970: 0.0008‰, 1971: 0.0008‰, 1972: 0.0008‰, 1973: 0.001‰, 1974: 0.0009‰, 1975: 0.0013‰, 1976: 0.0013‰, 1977: 0.0023‰, 1978: 0.0017‰, 1979: 0.0018‰, 1980: 0.0023‰, 1981: 0.0019‰, 1982: 0.0017‰, 1983: 0.0014‰, 1984: 0.0018‰, 1985: 0.0016‰, 1986: 0.0019‰, 1987: 0.0021‰, 1988: 0.002‰, 1989: 0.0017‰, 1990: 0.0018‰, 1991: 0.0016‰, 1992: 0.0012‰, 1993: 0.0008‰, 1994: 0.0008‰, 1995: 0.0004‰, 1996: 0.0013‰, 1997: 0.0008‰, 1998: 0.0002‰, 1999: 0.0013‰

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