Doretz Surname
Approximately 24 people bear this surname
Doretz Surname Distribution Map
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| Germany | 23 | 1:3,500,237 | 154,763 |
| Poland | 1 | 1:38,008,749 | 231,653 |
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| United States | 4 | 1:12,554,671 | 503,821 |
Doretz Last Name Facts
Where Does The Last Name Doretz Come From? nationality or country of origin
The last name Doretz is most common in Germany. It may also occur in the variant forms:. For other possible spellings of Doretz click here.
How Common Is The Last Name Doretz? popularity and diffusion
The last name Doretz is the 4,034,050th most commonly occurring family name on a worldwide basis, held by around 1 in 303,647,746 people. The last name Doretz is predominantly found in Europe, where 100 percent of Doretz reside; 96 percent reside in Western Europe and 96 percent reside in Germanic Europe.
This last name is most frequently occurring in Germany, where it is borne by 23 people, or 1 in 3,500,237. In Germany Doretz is most prevalent in: North Rhine-Westphalia, where 52 percent are found, Mecklenburg-Vorpommern, where 43 percent are found and Schleswig-Holstein, where 4 percent are found. Excluding Germany it is found in one country. It is also found in Poland, where 4 percent are found.
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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 Doretz
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