Dorcelus Surname

52,491st
Most Common
surname in the World

Approximately 9,748 people bear this surname

Most prevalent in:
Haiti
Highest density in:
Haiti

Dorcelus Surname

The meaning of this surname is not listed.

Dorcelus Surname Distribution Map

PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
Haiti9,4851:1,126174
United States1301:2,788,146165,890
Brazil521:4,116,814111,429
Canada391:944,75971,777
Dominican Republic231:453,60614,824
Venezuela131:2,323,39126,733
France31:22,140,907385,998
Senegal21:7,289,6718,117
Saint Lucia11:178,7813,800

The alternate forms: Dorcélus (4) are calculated separately.

Dorcelus (73) may also be a first name.

Dorcelus Last Name Facts

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

The surname Dorcelus is carried by more people in Haiti than any other country or territory. It can also occur in the variant forms: Dorcélus. Click here for other possible spellings of this name.

How Common Is The Last Name Dorcelus? popularity and diffusion

The last name is the 52,491st most commonly occurring family name worldwide. It is borne by approximately 1 in 747,594 people. The surname Dorcelus occurs predominantly in The Americas, where 100 percent of Dorcelus are found; 98 percent are found in Caribbean and 97 percent are found in Gallo-Caribbean. It is also the 1,134,117th most commonly held first name internationally, held by 73 people.

Dorcelus is most commonly held in Haiti, where it is held by 9,485 people, or 1 in 1,126. In Haiti it is most prevalent in: Centre, where 51 percent reside, Ouest, where 19 percent reside and Nord-Ouest, where 12 percent reside. Besides Haiti this last name exists in 8 countries. It is also common in The United States, where 1 percent reside and Brazil, where 1 percent reside.

Dorcelus Last Name Statistics demography

In The United States those bearing the Dorcelus last name are 33.13% more likely to be registered with the Democratic Party than the national average, with 86.36% registered with the political party.

The amount Dorcelus earn in different countries varies significantly. In United States they earn 2.51% more than the national average, earning $44,233 USD per year and in Canada they earn 29.63% less than the national average, earning $34,960 CAD per year.

Phonetically Similar Names

SurnameSimilarityWorldwide IncidencePrevalency
Dorcélus964/
Dorcelius941/
Dorcilus88506/
Dorgelus8855/
Darcelus8852/
Dorselus882/
Dorselius824/
Dorgilus7526/
Dorzilus754/
Dorsilus751/
Dargelus751/
Dorjilus751/
Dorgeloos7123/
Darselius715/

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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 Dorcelus
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