Docters Surname

1,115,011th
Most Common
surname in the World

Approximately 218 people bear this surname

Most prevalent in:
Netherlands
Highest density in:
Netherlands

Docters Surname

The meaning of this surname is not listed.

Docters Surname Distribution Map

PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
Netherlands1321:127,93319,924
Argentina351:1,221,24071,984
Germany151:5,367,031196,901
United States141:25,889,924709,614
Australia91:2,999,522116,751
Paraguay61:1,206,12410,500
Belgium41:2,874,161111,046
France11:66,422,722504,397
Spain11:46,752,036156,870
Switzerland11:8,212,915156,297
PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
United States91:5,579,854232,921

Docters Last Name Facts

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

Docters occurs more in The Netherlands more than any other country or territory. It may also appear in the variant forms:. For other potential spellings of this name click here.

How Common Is The Last Name Docters? popularity and diffusion

The last name is the 1,115,011th most numerous family name on a global scale, held by around 1 in 33,429,110 people. This surname occurs predominantly in Europe, where 71 percent of Docters live; 70 percent live in Western Europe and 68 percent live in Germanic Europe.

This last name is most commonly held in The Netherlands, where it is held by 132 people, or 1 in 127,933. In The Netherlands it is mostly concentrated in: North Brabant, where 43 percent are found, South Holland, where 31 percent are found and Utrecht, where 8 percent are found. Not including The Netherlands this last name is found in 9 countries. It is also found in Argentina, where 16 percent are found and Germany, where 7 percent are found.

Docters Family Population Trend historical fluctuation

The frequency of Docters has changed over time. In The United States the number of people bearing the Docters last name increased 156 percent between 1880 and 2014.

Docters Last Name Statistics demography

In The United States those bearing the Docters last name are 10.37% more likely to be registered with the Republican Party than The US average, with 57.14% being registered to vote for the political party.

Docters earn more than double the average income. In United States they earn 136.72% more than the national average, earning $102,143 USD 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 Docters
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