Dorckel Surname

1,551,568th
Most Common
surname in the World

Approximately 133 people bear this surname

Most prevalent in:
France
Highest density in:
France

Dorckel Surname

The meaning of this surname is not listed.

Dorckel Surname Distribution Map

PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
France1311:507,04470,604
China21:683,660,78330,601

Dorckel Last Name Facts

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

Dorckel is found in France more than any other country or territory. It may also occur as:. For other potential spellings of this last name click here.

How Common Is The Last Name Dorckel? popularity and diffusion

This surname is the 1,551,568th most commonly used family name internationally It is held by around 1 in 54,793,578 people. The last name is mostly found in Europe, where 98 percent of Dorckel reside; 98 percent reside in Western Europe and 98 percent reside in Gallo-Europe.

The last name Dorckel is most prevalent in France, where it is carried by 131 people, or 1 in 507,044. In France it is primarily found in: Grand Est, where 66 percent are found, Provence-Alpes-Côte d'Azur, where 17 percent are found and Occitanie, where 5 percent are found. Besides France this last name exists in one country. It is also common in China, where 2 percent are found.

Phonetically Similar Names

SurnameSimilarityWorldwide IncidencePrevalency
Dorkel92432/
Dorcel9227/
Dorkeld86124/
Durckel8668/
Derckel8653/
D'Orcel864/
Dourkel861/
Dorkell861/
Dorchel861/
Darckel860/
Dorkl832/
Dorchell804/
Derckell801/
Darcel771,090/
Dorcil77860/
Durkel7769/
Darkel775/
Derkel773/
Durcel771/
Darcell7121/
Ddarcel712/
Dorkleh711/
Durtchkell711/
Darchel711/
Derkell711/
Durcell711/
Derrkel710/
Durchel710/
Dorcill710/
Durchell672/
Darkl671/
Darchell670/
Dorchill670/
Derkil623/
Darcil622/
Durcil621/
Derkyl621/
Darkleh571/
Derkleh571/
Derquiel532/
Darklett530/

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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 Dorckel
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