Dofs Surname

2,007,164th
Most Common
surname in the World

Approximately 87 people bear this surname

Most prevalent in:
Sweden
Highest density in:
Israel

Dofs Surname

The meaning of this surname is not listed.

Dofs Surname Distribution Map

PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
Sweden431:228,99415,912
Israel401:213,94120,390
Brazil11:214,074,3321,693,628
Pakistan11:178,643,885213,220
Thailand11:70,638,3451,175,915
United States11:362,458,9331,988,048
PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
United States71:7,174,098302,835

Dofs (14) may also be a first name.

Dofs Last Name Facts

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

The surname Dofs occurs most in Sweden. It may be rendered in the variant forms:. For other possible spellings of this last name click here.

How Common Is The Last Name Dofs? popularity and diffusion

This surname is the 2,007,164th most commonly occurring last name at a global level, borne by approximately 1 in 83,764,896 people. The surname is predominantly found in Europe, where 49 percent of Dofs reside; 49 percent reside in Northern Europe and 49 percent reside in Scandinavia. It is also the 3,024,661st most prevalent first name world-wide It is held by 14 people.

This surname is most widespread in Sweden, where it is borne by 43 people, or 1 in 228,994. In Sweden Dofs is mostly found in: Dalarna County, where 63 percent are found, Västmanland County, where 19 percent are found and Stockholm County, where 9 percent are found. Apart from Sweden Dofs is found in 5 countries. It also occurs in Israel, where 46 percent are found and Brazil, where 1 percent are found.

Dofs Family Population Trend historical fluctuation

The frequency of Dofs has changed through the years. In The United States the number of people who held the Dofs last name fell 86 percent between 1880 and 2014.

Phonetically Similar Names

SurnameSimilarityWorldwide IncidencePrevalency
Doffs890/
Dof86150/
Dofe75995/
Doff75782/
Dopf75600/
Dows75500/
Dobs75297/
Doft75124/
Douf7580/
Doof7569/
Doif7515/
Duof7515/
Doyf755/
Dovs754/
Dofh753/
Defs753/
Dosv751/
Dosf751/
Dojf751/
Dhof751/
Dafs751/
Dovf751/
Dowf751/
Dotf751/
Dofp751/
Ddof751/
Dowse673,948/
Dhoof67247/
Douws67202/
Doffe67190/
Doufe6769/
Dohbs6742/
Doubs6738/
Dopff6731/
Duifs6730/
Dhofe6723/
Douff6719/
Dafsh6717/
Dovås6711/
Dhoif677/
Dobsh676/
Duoff676/
Doofe676/
Dovsh675/
Doyfe675/
Doift674/
Daufs674/
Doobs673/
Dofhe672/
Dotfh671/
Dgoff671/
Dhoff671/
Deefs671/
Dossw671/
Dooft671/
Dobsz671/
Gydof671/
Ddofx671/
Dowsh671/
Daffs670/

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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 Dofs
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