Dodfrey Surname

6,360,413th
Most Common
surname in the World

Approximately 9 people bear this surname

Most prevalent in:
Nigeria
Highest density in:
Canada

Dodfrey Surname

The meaning of this surname is not listed.

DNA test information

Dodfrey Surname Distribution Map

By incidenceBy frequencyBy rank
Incidence (high to low)Incidence (low to high)Alphabetic A-ZAlphabetic Z-ARank (high to low)Rank (low to high)
PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
Nigeria41:44,285,690437,567
United States21:181,229,4661,556,795
Canada11:36,845,591464,108
England11:55,718,059489,080
Tanzania11:52,941,613123,716
PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
United States11:50,218,684817,899

Dodfrey (17) may also be a first name.

Dodfrey Last Name Facts

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

Dodfrey is found most frequently in Nigeria. It may also occur as:. Click here to see other possible spellings of this last name.

How Common Is The Last Name Dodfrey? popularity and diffusion

Dodfrey is the 6,360,413th most commonly used family name on a worldwide basis It is held by approximately 1 in 809,727,324 people. The surname occurs predominantly in Africa, where 56 percent of Dodfrey live; 44 percent live in West Africa and 44 percent live in Atlantic-Niger Africa. Dodfrey is also the 2,694,839th most frequently used first name at a global level. It is borne by 17 people.

Dodfrey is most frequently occurring in Nigeria, where it is borne by 4 people, or 1 in 44,285,690. In Nigeria it is primarily concentrated in: Ogun, where 75 percent are found and Bayelsa, where 25 percent are found. Not including Nigeria this last name occurs in 4 countries. It also occurs in The United States, where 22 percent are found and Canada, where 11 percent are found.

Dodfrey Family Population Trend historical fluctuation

The occurrence of Dodfrey has changed through the years. In The United States the number of people bearing the Dodfrey last name grew 200 percent between 1880 and 2014.

Phonetically Similar Names

Incidence (high to low)Incidence (low to high)Alphabetic A-ZAlphabetic Z-ASimilarity (high to low)Similarity (low to high)Prevalent jurisdiction A-ZPrevalent jurisdiction Z-A
SurnameSimilarityWorldwide IncidencePrevalency
Dgodfrey930/
Dodfroy861/
Dafrey773/
Dofreis711/
Daffrey711/
Dophrey711/
Dafre671,607/
Dofra676/
Dafry675/
Dofri671/

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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
  • Heatmap: Dark red means there is a higher occurrence of the name, transitioning to light yellow signifies a progressively lower occurrence. Clicking on selected countries will show mapping at a regional level
  • 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 Dodfrey
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