Dorfeld Surname

2,047,559th
Most Common
surname in the World

Approximately 84 people bear this surname

Most prevalent in:
United States
Highest density in:
Germany

Dorfeld Surname

The meaning of this surname is not listed.

Dorfeld Surname Distribution Map

PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
United States521:6,970,364322,914
Germany301:2,683,515132,064
Brazil11:214,074,3321,693,628
South Africa11:54,177,704343,732
PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
United States51:10,043,737422,899

The alternate forms: Dörfeld (8) are calculated separately.

Dorfeld Last Name Facts

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

The surname Dorfeld is most common in The United States. It may also occur as a variant: Dörfeld. For other potential spellings of Dorfeld click here.

How Common Is The Last Name Dorfeld? popularity and diffusion

This surname is the 2,047,559th most frequently held surname worldwide. It is borne by around 1 in 86,756,499 people. The last name is primarily found in The Americas, where 63 percent of Dorfeld live; 62 percent live in North America and 62 percent live in Anglo-North America.

This last name is most commonly occurring in The United States, where it is borne by 52 people, or 1 in 6,970,364. In The United States Dorfeld is mostly concentrated in: Ohio, where 25 percent are found, Florida, where 23 percent are found and Pennsylvania, where 15 percent are found. Excluding The United States Dorfeld exists in 3 countries. It also occurs in Germany, where 36 percent are found and Brazil, where 1 percent are found.

Dorfeld Family Population Trend historical fluctuation

The incidence of Dorfeld has changed through the years. In The United States the number of people who held the Dorfeld surname increased 1,040 percent between 1880 and 2014.

Dorfeld Last Name Statistics demography

In The United States Dorfeld are 18.2% more likely to be registered Democrats than the national average, with 71.43% registered with the party.

Dorfeld earn significantly less than the average income. In United States they earn 33.53% less than the national average, earning $28,679 USD per year.

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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 Dorfeld
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