Dordley Surname

4,034,050th
Most Common
surname in the World

Approximately 24 people bear this surname

Most prevalent in:
South Africa
Highest density in:
South Africa

Dordley Surname

The meaning of this surname is not listed.

Dordley Surname Distribution Map

PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
South Africa231:2,355,55298,611
United States11:362,458,9331,988,048

Dordley Last Name Facts

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

Dordley is borne by more people in South Africa than any other country or territory. It can be rendered as a variant:. For other possible spellings of this last name click here.

How Common Is The Last Name Dordley? popularity and diffusion

The last name is the 4,034,050th most commonly held family name world-wide, held by around 1 in 303,647,746 people. The last name Dordley occurs predominantly in Africa, where 96 percent of Dordley reside; 96 percent reside in Southern Africa and 96 percent reside in South Bantu Africa.

The last name Dordley is most prevalent in South Africa, where it is borne by 23 people, or 1 in 2,355,552. In South Africa it is most frequent in: Western Cape, where 96 percent reside and KwaZulu-Natal, where 4 percent reside. Without taking into account South Africa it exists in one country. It is also found in The United States, where 4 percent reside.

Dordley Last Name Statistics demography

Dordley earn less than half the average income. In South Africa they earn 53.7% less than the national average, earning R 110,016 per year.

Phonetically Similar Names

SurnameSimilarityWorldwide IncidencePrevalency
Dhordley931/
Dordly921/
Dordle921/
Durdley8611/
Dardley862/
Dordlee861/
Dordelly80226/
Dordilly805/
Dordelle801/
Durdle77798/
Dordla775/
Dardle770/
Derdle770/
Dardlay711/
Dhordla711/
Durdler710/
Durdilly67379/
Dardelle6764/
Dordelli6729/
Dordella6710/
Dardilly671/
Dardelly671/
Dorrdlli671/
Deurdilly6311/
Dordellis633/
Dordelliz631/
Derdli6211/
Dardla621/
Derdla621/
Dardhli571/
Durdella5336/
Dardella536/
Dardilli535/
Dardelli532/
Dardilla531/
Durdelli531/
Dardillat5026/

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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
  • Heatmap: Dark red means there is a higher occurrence of the name, transitioning to light yellow signifies a progressively lower occurrence. Clicking on selected countries will show mapping at a regional level
  • 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 Dordley
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