Doft Surname

1,620,164th
Most Common
surname in the World

Approximately 124 people bear this surname

Most prevalent in:
United States
Highest density in:
United States

Doft Surname

The meaning of this surname is not listed.

Doft Surname Distribution Map

PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
United States1131:3,207,601184,423
Germany41:20,126,365436,245
England31:18,572,686338,250
Argentina11:42,743,414282,706
Brazil11:214,074,3321,693,628
Canada11:36,845,591464,108
Papua New Guinea11:8,153,717181,784
PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
England51:4,875,074116,529
PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
United States131:3,862,976168,604

The alternate forms: Döft (8) are calculated separately.

Doft Last Name Facts

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

Doft occurs more in The United States more than any other country/territory. It can appear in the variant forms: Döft. For other possible spellings of this surname click here.

How Common Is The Last Name Doft? popularity and diffusion

The surname is the 1,620,164th most frequently occurring family name worldwide It is held by approximately 1 in 58,770,532 people. This last name is primarily found in The Americas, where 94 percent of Doft live; 92 percent live in North America and 91 percent live in Anglo-North America.

The last name is most commonly used in The United States, where it is carried by 113 people, or 1 in 3,207,601. In The United States Doft is most numerous in: New York, where 49 percent are found, Florida, where 16 percent are found and Connecticut, where 10 percent are found. Not including The United States it occurs in 6 countries. It also occurs in Germany, where 3 percent are found and England, where 2 percent are found.

Doft Family Population Trend historical fluctuation

The frequency of Doft has changed through the years. In The United States the share of the population with the last name grew 869 percent between 1880 and 2014 and in England it decreased 40 percent between 1881 and 2014.

Doft Last Name Statistics demography

In The United States those bearing the Doft surname are 28.25% more likely to be registered with the Democratic Party than the national average, with 81.48% registered with the political party.

Doft earn a lot more than the average income. In United States they earn 38.74% more than the national average, earning $59,865 USD per year.

Phonetically Similar Names

SurnameSimilarityWorldwide IncidencePrevalency
Döft928/
Doift894/
Dooft891/
Dof86150/
Dossft800/
Daft751,311/
Dofe75995/
Doff75782/
Dopf75600/
Dofs7587/
Douf7580/
Doof7569/
Deft7531/
Doif7515/
Duof7515/
Doyf755/
Dofh753/
Dovt752/
Dowt751/
Dosf751/
Dotv751/
Dojf751/
Dhof751/
Dovf751/
Dowf751/
Dotf751/
Dofp751/
Ddof751/
Dofftts731/
Doufftt731/
Doubt67376/
Dhoof67247/
Doffe67190/
Dafft6778/
Doufe6769/
Dopff6731/
Dhofe6723/
Douff6719/
Dhoif677/
Doofe676/
Duoff676/
Doyfe675/
D'Aft672/
Dopht672/
Dafte672/
Dofhe672/
Dhaft672/
Dafts671/
Dgoff671/
Dhoff671/
Gydof671/
Doussftt671/
Dotfh671/
Dojbt671/
Doffs670/
Defth670/

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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 Doft
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