Dorfel Surname
Approximately 51 people bear this surname
Dorfel Surname Distribution Map
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| Netherlands | 44 | 1:383,799 | 41,363 |
| Indonesia | 2 | 1:66,124,597 | 756,638 |
| Brazil | 1 | 1:214,074,332 | 1,693,628 |
| Costa Rica | 1 | 1:4,780,069 | 13,345 |
| France | 1 | 1:66,422,722 | 504,397 |
| Thailand | 1 | 1:70,638,345 | 1,175,915 |
| United States | 1 | 1:362,458,933 | 1,988,048 |
The alternate forms: Dörfel (1,417) are calculated separately.
Dorfel Last Name Facts
Where Does The Last Name Dorfel Come From? nationality or country of origin
Dorfel is more commonly found in The Netherlands than any other country or territory. It may also be found in the variant forms: Dörfel. Click here for further possible spellings of this name.
How Common Is The Last Name Dorfel? popularity and diffusion
The surname Dorfel is the 2,718,172nd most prevalent last name throughout the world, borne by approximately 1 in 142,893,057 people. This surname is predominantly found in Europe, where 88 percent of Dorfel are found; 88 percent are found in Western Europe and 86 percent are found in Germanic Europe.
It is most numerous in The Netherlands, where it is held by 44 people, or 1 in 383,799. In The Netherlands Dorfel is primarily found in: Gelderland, where 25 percent are found, Limburg, where 20 percent are found and North Brabant, where 18 percent are found. Aside from The Netherlands this last name occurs in 6 countries. It is also found in Indonesia, where 4 percent are found and Brazil, where 2 percent are found.
Phonetically Similar Names
| Surname | Similarity | Worldwide Incidence | Prevalency |
|---|---|---|---|
| Dörfel | 94 | 1,417 | / |
| Doerfel | 92 | 204 | / |
| Dorfeld | 92 | 84 | / |
| Dorfelt | 92 | 21 | / |
| Dorffel | 92 | 5 | / |
| Dorfl | 91 | 2 | / |
| Doerffel | 86 | 45 | / |
| Dorpfeld | 86 | 36 | / |
| Dorffeld | 86 | 25 | / |
| Dorrfeld | 86 | 1 | / |
| Doerfell | 86 | 1 | / |
| Dorfeldt | 86 | 1 | / |
| Derfel | 83 | 147 | / |
| Darfel | 83 | 18 | / |
| Dorfil | 83 | 2 | / |
| Doerffell | 80 | 0 | / |
| Dörfelt | 77 | 247 | / |
| Dörffel | 77 | 145 | / |
| Darfelt | 77 | 62 | / |
| Durfeld | 77 | 52 | / |
| Dörfeld | 77 | 8 | / |
| Durfelt | 77 | 8 | / |
| Darfeld | 77 | 2 | / |
| Darfeel | 77 | 2 | / |
| Daerfel | 77 | 0 | / |
| Darfiel | 77 | 0 | / |
| Dörfl | 73 | 136 | / |
| Derfl | 73 | 66 | / |
| Dórfl | 73 | 1 | / |
| Dörrfeld | 71 | 21 | / |
| Dörpfeld | 71 | 19 | / |
| Dörfeldt | 71 | 12 | / |
| Durrfeld | 71 | 1 | / |
| Dörffeld | 71 | 1 | / |
| Durfeldt | 71 | 1 | / |
| Dörffeldt | 67 | 34 | / |
| Darfil | 67 | 12 | / |
| Dörfelová | 67 | 4 | / |
| Darphel | 62 | 20 | / |
| Dorphil | 62 | 4 | / |
| Durfild | 62 | 0 | / |
| Dörflová | 57 | 53 | / |
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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 Dorfel
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