Dorfan Surname

1,185,157th
Most Common
surname in the World

Approximately 200 people bear this surname

Most prevalent in:
South Africa
Highest density in:
Israel

Dorfan Surname

The meaning of this surname is not listed.

Dorfan Surname Distribution Map

PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
South Africa791:685,79449,549
Israel421:203,75319,703
Iran381:2,020,59371,790
United States241:15,102,456529,929
Australia61:4,499,284146,780
England31:18,572,686338,250
Russia21:72,061,528727,117
Ukraine21:22,761,348425,733
Argentina11:42,743,414282,706
Canada11:36,845,591464,108
Hungary11:9,816,27773,288
Japan11:127,844,29373,547

Dorfan Last Name Facts

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

The last name Dorfan (Russian: Дорфан) occurs more in South Africa more than any other country/territory. It may appear in the variant forms:. Click here for other potential spellings of this name.

How Common Is The Last Name Dorfan? popularity and diffusion

It is the 1,185,157th most common last name globally. It is borne by approximately 1 in 36,437,730 people. This surname occurs mostly in Asia, where 41 percent of Dorfan live; 40 percent live in Southern Africa and 40 percent live in South Bantu Africa.

The last name is most commonly held in South Africa, where it is held by 79 people, or 1 in 685,794. In South Africa Dorfan is mostly found in: Gauteng, where 94 percent are found and Western Cape, where 6 percent are found. Aside from South Africa Dorfan is found in 11 countries. It is also found in Israel, where 21 percent are found and Iran, where 19 percent are found.

Dorfan Last Name Statistics demography

In The United States those holding the Dorfan surname are 13.44% more likely to be registered with the Democratic Party than the national average, with 66.67% registered with the party.

The amount Dorfan earn in different countries varies somewhat. In South Africa they earn 25.54% more than the national average, earning R 298,332 per year and in United States they earn 18.7% more than the national average, earning $51,219 USD per year.

Phonetically Similar Names

SurnameSimilarityWorldwide IncidencePrevalency
Dorfang921/
Dorfand920/
Dourfang862/
Dorfamnn861/
Darfan83124/
Derfan8326/
Durfan835/
Dorfam831/
Darfang7710/
Darfane771/
Darfank771/
Darfand771/
Dorphan770/
Dorphang711,005/
D'Orfond714/
Dharfang711/
Darfon671/
Darfam671/
Darfoun622/
Derfoun621/
Darfoin621/
Durphan621/
Darphan621/
Darfoon621/
Darphang5779/
Darphane571/
Dorphong571/
Dharphang531/

Dorfan Name Transliterations

TransliterationICU LatinPercentage of Incidence
Dorfan in the Russian language
Дорфанdorfan-

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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 Dorfan
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