Dolphen Surname

895,817th
Most Common
surname in the World

Approximately 299 people bear this surname

Most prevalent in:
Belgium
Highest density in:
Belgium

Dolphen Surname Definition:

This surname is derived from the name of an ancestor. 'the son of Dolphin' (Domesday, Dolfin): Yonge. Popular in France; compare Dauphin. For corrupted forms, v. Duffin; compare Dovenby, Cumberland, a corruption of Dolphinby, and Dolphinholme, near Lancaster, both beyond doubt styled from the personal name of the early resident.

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Dolphen Surname Distribution Map

By incidenceBy frequencyBy rank
Incidence (high to low)Incidence (low to high)Alphabetic A-ZAlphabetic Z-ARank (high to low)Rank (low to high)
PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
Belgium1281:89,81813,955
Egypt1221:753,57238,342
France391:1,703,147154,208
Thailand61:11,773,058553,295
Brazil11:214,074,3321,693,628
Netherlands11:16,887,176156,465
South Africa11:54,177,704343,732
United States11:362,458,9331,988,048
PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
Ireland61:738,31121,113
PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
England11:24,375,369195,128
PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
United States61:8,369,781355,680

Dolphen Surname Meaning

From Where Does The Surname Originate? meaning and history

This surname is derived from the name of an ancestor. 'the son of Dolphin' (Domesday, Dolfin): Yonge. Popular in France; compare Dauphin. For corrupted forms, v. Duffin; compare Dovenby, Cumberland, a corruption of Dolphinby, and Dolphinholme, near Lancaster, both beyond doubt styled from the personal name of the early resident.

Dolfinus de Kirkeby, 21 Richard II: Furness Coucher Book.

Eva fil. Dolphine. Placitorum in domo capitulari Westmonasteriensi.

Johannes Dolfyn, 1379: Poll Tax of Yorkshire.

Adam Dolfynson, 1379: ibid.

Annes Dolphyn, 1541: Reg. St. Dionis Backchurch.

John Dolfyn, Yorkshire Testamenta Eboracensia (Surtees Society).

William Dolfin, Surreyf., 1273. Hundred Rolls.

Adam de Dolfynby, Cumberland, 20 Edward I: Placita de Quo Warranto, temp. Edward I-III.

1579. Buried — William Dowlphin, 90 yeares old: St. Peter, Cornhill.

1606-7. Rowland Dolphenne, Worcestershire: Register of the University of Oxford.

— A Dictionary of English and Welsh Surnames (1896) by Charles Wareing Endell Bardsley

An ancient personal name. One Dolfin was a tenant-in-chief in cos. Derby and York at the making of Domesd. The family were in Ireland before the year 1307. B.L.G.

— Patronymica Britannica (1860) by Mark Antony Lower

Ferguson thinks Dolphin the Old Norse dolgfinner, the Dolfin of early English history. Lower says it is an ancient personal name, and that one Dolfin was a tenant-in-chief in cos. Derby and York at the making of Domesday, and that the family were in Ireland before 1307. It may however be the same as Godolphin.

— Ludus Patronymicus (1868) by Richard Stephen Charnock
DNA test information
Display Statistics on:
  • Religious Adherence in:
    Ireland

Dolphen Demographics

Dolphen Religious Adherence
in Ireland

Sample size: 6 (1901)

Religious Adherence
in Ireland

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Dolphen Last Name Facts

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

The surname Dolphen is found in Belgium more than any other country/territory. It may also occur as a variant:. Click here for other potential spellings of Dolphen.

How Common Is The Last Name Dolphen? popularity and diffusion

It is the 895,817th most commonly occurring surname globally, held by approximately 1 in 24,373,063 people. This last name is primarily found in Europe, where 56 percent of Dolphen reside; 56 percent reside in Western Europe and 41 percent reside in Arabic North Africa.

It is most commonly occurring in Belgium, where it is carried by 128 people, or 1 in 89,818. In Belgium Dolphen is most prevalent in: Flemish Region, where 91 percent reside, Walloon Region, where 8 percent reside and Brussels Capital Region, where 2 percent reside. Other than Belgium this last name exists in 7 countries. It is also found in Egypt, where 41 percent reside and France, where 13 percent reside.

Dolphen Family Population Trend historical fluctuation

The frequency of Dolphen has changed over time. In The United States the share of the population with the surname fell 83 percent between 1880 and 2014.

Dolphen Last Name Statistics demography

The religious adherence of those bearing the Dolphen last name is primarily Catholic (100%) in Ireland.

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Dolphene931/
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Dolfen77649/
Doulphain750/
Dalphin71331/
Dolfien715/
Dulphin714/
Dalphne712/
Dolffen711/
Daulphin6742/
Dalphine678/
Dalphina672/
Dulphine671/
Daulphine630/
Dolfin62438/
Dalfen62172/
Dolfén6227/
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Dolfing57477/
Dolfina57142/
Dolfijn5727/
Dolfinn574/
Dalfeen571/
Dalffen570/
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