Doelfs Surname

2,661,929th
Most Common
surname in the World

Approximately 53 people bear this surname

Most prevalent in:
Germany
Highest density in:
Germany

Doelfs Surname

The meaning of this surname is not listed.

Doelfs Surname Distribution Map

PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
Germany361:2,236,263117,794
United States131:27,881,456736,413
Austria21:4,257,71899,224
Singapore11:5,507,70347,049
Switzerland11:8,212,915156,297

Doelfs Last Name Facts

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

The surname Doelfs occurs in Germany more than any other country or territory. It may be found as a variant:. Click here to see other potential spellings of this last name.

How Common Is The Last Name Doelfs? popularity and diffusion

The last name Doelfs is the 2,661,929th most numerous surname world-wide It is held by approximately 1 in 137,500,866 people. This last name occurs predominantly in Europe, where 74 percent of Doelfs reside; 74 percent reside in Western Europe and 74 percent reside in Germanic Europe.

The last name Doelfs is most frequent in Germany, where it is borne by 36 people, or 1 in 2,236,263. In Germany Doelfs is primarily concentrated in: Baden-Württemberg, where 31 percent reside, Lower Saxony, where 28 percent reside and North Rhine-Westphalia, where 25 percent reside. Aside from Germany this last name occurs in 4 countries. It is also found in The United States, where 25 percent reside and Austria, where 4 percent reside.

Doelfs Last Name Statistics demography

In The United States those bearing the Doelfs surname are 53.23% more likely to be registered with the Republican Party than The US average, with 100% being registered with the party.

Doelfs earn more than fifty percent more than the average income. In United States they earn 65.7% more than the national average, earning $71,500 USD per year.

Phonetically Similar Names

SurnameSimilarityWorldwide IncidencePrevalency
Delfs913,417/
Dolfs910/
Delffs83111/
Delfhs830/
Duelfs830/
Dlfs801/
Dölfs7316/
Delfz731/
Delbs730/
Delphs677/
Dolphs671/
Doelph670/
Dlbs603/
Dlvs602/
Dulbs5527/
Dlfzt551/

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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 Doelfs
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