Dorethea Surname
Approximately 6 people bear this surname
Dorethea Surname Distribution Map
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| United States | 4 | 1:90,614,733 | 1,198,479 |
| South Africa | 2 | 1:27,088,852 | 277,613 |
Dorethea (2,422) may also be a first name.
Dorethea Last Name Facts
Where Does The Last Name Dorethea Come From? nationality or country of origin
The surname Dorethea is found in The United States more than any other country/territory. It may be rendered as a variant:. Click here for other potential spellings of this name.
How Common Is The Last Name Dorethea? popularity and diffusion
This surname is the 7,593,402nd most prevalent surname internationally, held by around 1 in 1,214,590,986 people. The last name Dorethea occurs predominantly in The Americas, where 67 percent of Dorethea reside; 67 percent reside in North America and 67 percent reside in Anglo-North America. It is also the 150,582nd most common first name worldwide, held by 2,422 people.
It is most frequent in The United States, where it is held by 4 people, or 1 in 90,614,733. In The United States it is mostly found in: Illinois, where 25 percent reside, Massachusetts, where 25 percent reside and New York, where 25 percent reside. Aside from The United States this last name is found in one country. It is also common in South Africa, where 33 percent reside.
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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 Dorethea
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