Dorday Surname
Approximately 20 people bear this surname
Dorday Surname Distribution Map
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| England | 15 | 1:3,714,537 | 119,675 |
| Australia | 2 | 1:13,497,850 | 222,987 |
| Brazil | 1 | 1:214,074,332 | 1,693,628 |
| New Zealand | 1 | 1:4,528,323 | 55,372 |
| Slovakia | 1 | 1:5,336,450 | 140,422 |
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| England | 5 | 1:4,875,074 | 116,529 |
The alternate forms: Ďorday (1) & Ďorďay (7) are calculated separately.
Dorday Last Name Facts
Where Does The Last Name Dorday Come From? nationality or country of origin
The last name Dorday is most common in England. It can be rendered as a variant: Ďorday or Ďorďay. For other potential spellings of this surname click here.
How Common Is The Last Name Dorday? popularity and diffusion
This surname is the 4,427,875th most widespread last name internationally, borne by around 1 in 364,377,296 people. The last name Dorday occurs predominantly in Europe, where 80 percent of Dorday reside; 75 percent reside in Northern Europe and 75 percent reside in British Isles.
The surname Dorday is most commonly held in England, where it is held by 15 people, or 1 in 3,714,537. In England Dorday is mostly found in: West Sussex, where 53 percent are found and Greater London, where 47 percent are found. Aside from England it is found in 4 countries. It is also found in Australia, where 10 percent are found and Brazil, where 5 percent are found.
Dorday Family Population Trend historical fluctuation
The incidence of Dorday has changed over time. In England the number of people who held the Dorday last name grew 300 percent between 1881 and 2014.
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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 Dorday
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