Dolff Surname

1,235,409th
Most Common
surname in the World

Approximately 188 people bear this surname

Most prevalent in:
Germany
Highest density in:
Sweden

Dolff Surname

The meaning of this surname is not listed.

Dolff Surname Distribution Map

PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
Germany1151:700,04753,529
Sweden451:218,81715,158
Canada131:2,834,276161,175
United States121:30,204,911765,334
Switzerland31:2,737,638105,941

Dolff Last Name Facts

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

The surname Dolff is found most in Germany. It may be rendered as a variant:. For other possible spellings of this name click here.

How Common Is The Last Name Dolff? popularity and diffusion

Dolff is the 1,235,409th most widely held last name worldwide. It is borne by around 1 in 38,763,542 people. The surname occurs mostly in Europe, where 87 percent of Dolff are found; 63 percent are found in Western Europe and 63 percent are found in Germanic Europe.

This surname is most commonly held in Germany, where it is carried by 115 people, or 1 in 700,047. In Germany Dolff is most prevalent in: North Rhine-Westphalia, where 60 percent are found, Rhineland-Palatinate, where 14 percent are found and Lower Saxony, where 10 percent are found. Besides Germany Dolff is found in 4 countries. It also occurs in Sweden, where 24 percent are found and Canada, where 7 percent are found.

Dolff Last Name Statistics demography

In The United States those bearing the Dolff last name are 3.23% more likely to be registered Republicans than The US average, with 50% registered with the political party.

The amount Dolff earn in different countries varies greatly. In United States they earn 93.32% more than the national average, earning $83,417 USD per year and in Canada they earn 17.52% less than the national average, earning $40,981 CAD per year.

Phonetically Similar Names

SurnameSimilarityWorldwide IncidencePrevalency
Dollff910/
Dolf891,660/
Dolfe8095/
Doulf802/
Dollf801/
Dholf801/
Dulff801/
Dolft800/
Dolfs800/
Dollfe735/
Dalffe731/
Dulf67209/
Dalf679/
Dolb679/
Dolfova671/
Dugliff671/
Dotlefs670/

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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 Dolff
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