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 is held by more people in Sweden than any other country or territory. It can be found as a variant:. Click here for further possible spellings of this surname.

How Common Is The Last Name Dofs? popularity and diffusion

This surname is the 2,007,164th most common surname in the world, held by approximately 1 in 83,764,896 people. The surname Dofs occurs predominantly in Europe, where 49 percent of Dofs are found; 49 percent are found in Northern Europe and 49 percent are found in Scandinavia. It is also the 3,024,661st most widespread first name world-wide, held by 14 people.

The surname Dofs is most frequent in Sweden, where it is held by 43 people, or 1 in 228,994. In Sweden Dofs is primarily found in: Dalarna County, where 63 percent are found, Västmanland County, where 19 percent are found and Stockholm County, where 9 percent are found. Without taking into account Sweden this surname exists in 5 countries. It is also common in Israel, where 46 percent are found and Brazil, where 1 percent are found.

Dofs Family Population Trend historical fluctuation

The incidence of Dofs has changed through the years. In The United States the number of people bearing the Dofs surname declined 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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