Detlef Forename

6,625th
Most Common
name in the World

Approximately 158,603 people bear this name

Most prevalent in:
Germany
Highest density in:
Germany

Detlef Forename

The meaning of this forename is not listed.

Detlef Forename Distribution

PlaceGenderIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
Germany
100%
155,1501:623174
United States
100%
7811:464,19612,555
Austria
100%
3861:22,058957
Switzerland
100%
3711:22,1391,484
Netherlands
100%
2601:65,0084,024
Poland
100%
1881:202,2723,614
Canada
100%
1761:188,2587,354
Belgium
100%
1231:93,4153,322
Brazil
100%
1211:1,770,54738,825
Sweden
100%
1011:97,6034,228
Denmark-1001:56,4952,047
Dominican Republic-991:105,3665,394
South Africa
97%
 
841:649,19828,558
Thailand
100%
711:986,84236,201
Spain
100%
701:664,7147,283
Norway
100%
641:80,1932,829
France
100%
581:1,146,0408,482
Portugal-551:189,2884,092
England
100%
481:1,158,39418,168
Australia-231:593,8108,803
Luxembourg
100%
221:25,6391,366
Philippines
93%
 
171:6,235,852101,317
Hungary
100%
171:575,9872,039
Ireland
100%
151:309,5684,642
Italy
100%
141:4,361,57821,991
China-141:97,575,41364,568
Qatar
100%
101:236,96022,379
Estonia-91:146,1535,307
Egypt-91:10,211,21621,716
Czechia
100%
91:1,184,0183,740
Chile
100%
91:1,956,35613,525
Ghana-91:2,998,4685,965
Greece
100%
91:1,214,9509,925
Mexico
100%
71:17,734,91843,346
Ukraine
100%
71:6,499,98710,516
Singapore-61:1,047,84215,242
Namibia-51:480,8366,391
Finland
80%
 
51:1,096,6379,775
Israel
100%
51:1,680,58418,495
Russia
100%
41:36,058,42683,389
Hong Kong-41:1,938,1818,439
Paraguay
100%
41:1,809,2018,869
Malaysia
100%
41:7,612,485167,458
Argentina
100%
41:10,693,31119,797
Indonesia-31:85,987,8891,072,651
Scotland
100%
31:1,783,45514,297
Croatia
100%
31:1,405,69211,430
New Zealand-31:1,512,01511,267
United Arab Emirates-31:2,383,99875,650
Venezuela-31:10,067,298111,314
Japan-21:63,993,02872,606
South Korea-21:2,772,21027,911
Turkey-21:38,900,85464,839
Costa Rica
100%
21:2,383,97418,662
India-21:607,438,9864,324,298
Haiti-11:10,726,95341,696
Northern Ireland
100%
11:1,843,1463,737
Afghanistan-11:32,623,51666,536
Albania-11:3,046,57049,159
Antigua and Barbuda-11:99,3953,544
Barbados-11:289,7893,893
Belarus
100%
11:9,482,38420,892
Tanzania-11:52,788,31985,066
Taiwan-11:23,769,682193,280
Benin-11:10,575,84390,010
Colombia-11:47,778,92695,497
Ecuador-11:17,726,91931,775
Georgia
100%
11:3,738,46629,095
Slovakia-11:5,310,0639,949
Morocco-11:34,348,63618,260
Honduras-11:8,817,46733,018
Saudi Arabia-11:30,812,56527,537
Romania-11:20,051,97655,376
Jamaica-11:2,883,22722,340
Kenya
100%
11:46,307,11074,921
Kuwait-11:3,785,26415,388
Laos-11:6,586,8561,888
Peru
100%
11:31,791,454110,866
Latvia-11:2,015,6456,531
Panama-11:3,906,55740,800
Pakistan
100%
11:194,357,680303,535
Liechtenstein-11:37,8561,091
Nicaragua
100%
11:6,018,33634,175

The alternate forms: Détlef (1) are calculated separately.

Detlef (483) may also be a surname.

Detlef Forename Popularity

Phonetically Similar Names

ForenameSimilarityWorldwide IncidencePrevalency
Détlef941/
Detleff92217/
Dettlef9270/
Dethlef9268/
Dietlef9213/
Detleft925/
Detlief922/
Detleef922/
Detleaf922/
Detllef921/
Detlefh921/
Deetlef921/
Detloef921/
Delef91102/
Detlf915/
Deetlefs867/
Dettleff866/
Dethlefs864/
Deetlief862/
Deitlief861/
Dethleff861/
Dehtleff861/
Dietleff861/
Deitleif861/
Deetleff861/
Detyleff861/
Detlev8325,093/
Delefe8383/
Ditlef8358/
Detelf8334/
Detlew838/
Deleef834/
Detlif833/
Deleff833/
Dellef831/
Delief831/
Dlef805/
Dethleffs801/
Dytlief7712/
Dettlev7712/
Ditleif775/
Deetlif771/
Deeleef771/
Dethlev771/
Dietlev771/
Dhelief771/
Delif7333/
Delev7331/
Deleb7318/
Dilef738/
Delew733/
Dealf731/
Delyf731/
Deetlift711/
Ditlev67360/
Dileef67147/
Deleva6731/
Delife6726/
Deelif6718/
Deleeb677/
Dillef673/
Detelv672/
Detlov672/
Deleph672/
Deylif672/
Dealif672/
Détlev671/
Dheetlifs671/
Dileaf671/
Deloif671/
Delyfe671/
Dellev671/
Dellew671/
Deleev671/
Deleuw671/
Detliv671/
Deslev671/
Deslif671/

Detlef Name Transliterations

TransliterationICU LatinPercentage of Incidence
Detlef in the Russian language
Детлефdetlef-

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Footnotes

  • First names are taken from the first part of an person's personal name. That is, not their inherited name(s), i.e. their surname(s). The first name includes particles, but not middle names
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  • Similar: Names listed in the "Similar" section are phonetically similar and may not have any relation to Detlef