Dolphine Surname

470,770th
Most Common
surname in the World

Approximately 713 people bear this surname

Most prevalent in:
Kenya
Highest density in:
Ghana

Dolphine Surname

The meaning of this surname is not listed.

Dolphine Surname Distribution Map

PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
Kenya3761:122,81910,248
Ghana2771:97,5489,187
Brazil311:6,905,624162,221
United States71:51,779,848968,877
Russia51:28,824,611530,332
Belarus41:2,375,265105,497
Nigeria31:59,047,586507,603
India21:383,532,6911,645,216
Australia11:26,995,701270,794
Turkey11:77,821,422191,047
Malaysia11:29,494,225409,885
Italy11:61,156,688199,583
Indonesia11:132,249,194811,426
England11:55,718,059489,080
Egypt11:91,935,754132,737
Croatia11:4,228,60499,289
PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
England51:4,875,074116,529
Scotland11:3,743,21632,299
PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
United States11:50,218,684817,899

Dolphine (9,136) may also be a first name.

Dolphine Last Name Facts

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

The last name Dolphine is found in Kenya more than any other country or territory. It may be found as:. Click here for further potential spellings of this surname.

How Common Is The Last Name Dolphine? popularity and diffusion

The last name is the 470,770th most commonly used last name at a global level, held by approximately 1 in 10,220,962 people. The last name is predominantly found in Africa, where 92 percent of Dolphine live; 53 percent live in East Africa and 39 percent live in Atlantic-Niger Africa. Dolphine is also the 65,027th most commonly used first name globally, borne by 9,136 people.

It is most frequently used in Kenya, where it is carried by 376 people, or 1 in 122,819. In Kenya it is mostly found in: Kisii County, where 68 percent live, Nyamira County, where 26 percent live and Kakamega County, where 2 percent live. Apart from Kenya this last name exists in 15 countries. It also occurs in Ghana, where 39 percent live and Brazil, where 4 percent live.

Dolphine Family Population Trend historical fluctuation

The incidence of Dolphine has changed through the years. In The United States the number of people who held the Dolphine surname grew 700 percent between 1880 and 2014 and in England it decreased 80 percent between 1881 and 2014.

Dolphine Last Name Statistics demography

The religious adherence of those bearing the last name is predominantly Christian (100%) in Kenya.

Dolphine earn less than half the average income. In United States they earn 76.42% less than the national average, earning $10,175 USD per year.

Phonetically Similar Names

SurnameSimilarityWorldwide IncidencePrevalency
Dolphin937,302/
Dolphyne88281/
Dolphijn88200/
Dolphini8813/
Dolphina8810/
Dalphine888/
Dolphing882/
Doulphin881/
Dolphene881/
Dolpphin881/
Dolphion881/
Dulphine881/
Dolphgin880/
Dollphin880/
Dalphinet8215/
Dolphijna821/
Daulphine820/
Doulphain820/
Dalphin80331/
Dolphen80299/
Dolphyn8043/
Dolfine807/
Daulphin7542/
Dalphiny754/
Dalphina752/
Dolffine751/
Dollfine751/
Dolphynn751/
Dolphenn751/
Dalphene750/
Dalphinis71115/
Dolfini67850/
Dalpane67116/
Dalpini6775/
Dolfijn6727/
Dalphen6713/
Dolpena674/
Dolfene671/

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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 Dolphine
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