Dobberstein Surname

190,320th
Most Common
surname in the World

Approximately 2,218 people bear this surname

Most prevalent in:
Germany
Highest density in:
Germany

Dobberstein Surname

The meaning of this surname is not listed.

Dobberstein Surname Distribution Map

PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
Germany1,1881:67,7668,663
United States8711:416,14136,124
Poland621:613,04455,163
South Africa181:3,009,872112,058
France141:4,744,480251,814
Austria131:655,03358,041
Canada111:3,349,599180,238
Thailand101:7,063,834426,148
Namibia61:401,56710,578
Argentina41:10,685,854219,200
Switzerland41:2,053,22997,179
Ireland31:1,569,64617,286
Malaysia21:14,747,112316,340
India21:383,532,6911,645,216
England21:27,859,030389,889
Australia21:13,497,850222,987
Netherlands11:16,887,176156,465
Norway11:5,142,286129,201
Slovakia11:5,336,450140,422
Denmark11:5,644,71593,155
Brazil11:214,074,3321,693,628
Belgium11:11,496,644167,539
PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
United States531:947,52256,651

Dobberstein Last Name Facts

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

Dobberstein is found in Germany more than any other country/territory. It can appear as:. Click here to see other potential spellings of Dobberstein.

How Common Is The Last Name Dobberstein? popularity and diffusion

The last name is the 190,320th most frequent family name globally, borne by around 1 in 3,285,638 people. It occurs predominantly in Europe, where 58 percent of Dobberstein reside; 55 percent reside in Western Europe and 54 percent reside in Germanic Europe.

This surname is most commonly used in Germany, where it is borne by 1,188 people, or 1 in 67,766. In Germany it is most common in: North Rhine-Westphalia, where 22 percent live, Berlin, where 19 percent live and Mecklenburg-Vorpommern, where 15 percent live. Other than Germany Dobberstein occurs in 21 countries. It also occurs in The United States, where 39 percent live and Poland, where 3 percent live.

Dobberstein Family Population Trend historical fluctuation

The prevalency of Dobberstein has changed through the years. In The United States the number of people bearing the Dobberstein last name grew 1,643 percent between 1880 and 2014.

Dobberstein Last Name Statistics demography

In The United States those bearing the Dobberstein surname are 31.3% more likely to be registered Republicans than The US average, with 78.07% registered to vote for the political party.

The amount Dobberstein earn in different countries varies greatly. In South Africa they earn 60.61% more than the national average, earning R 381,660 per year; in United States they earn 7.41% more than the national average, earning $46,347 USD per year and in Canada they earn 38.39% more than the national average, earning $68,754 CAD per year.

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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 Dobberstein
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