Dorfman Surname

64,379th
Most Common
surname in the World

Approximately 7,769 people bear this surname

Most prevalent in:
United States
Highest density in:
Israel

Dorfman Surname Definition:

“Village Man” (Villager) in German.

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Dorfman Surname Distribution Map

PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
United States4,7471:76,3558,739
Israel1,1791:7,2581,116
Russia3431:420,18440,187
Argentina2861:149,45212,636
Canada2611:141,17114,531
Ukraine2451:185,80725,333
Brazil1081:1,982,17063,074
South Africa851:637,38547,411
Moldova711:50,1607,276
France521:1,277,360130,443
England521:1,071,50151,923
Uzbekistan381:813,92516,450
Uruguay311:110,70210,617
Germany311:2,596,950129,424
Dominican Republic311:336,54611,471
Australia301:899,85754,700
Latvia251:82,00212,055
Scotland181:297,43413,849
Chile181:978,69319,774
Thailand121:5,886,529390,733
Kazakhstan121:1,473,54175,349
Northern Ireland101:184,5049,341
Poland101:3,800,875132,137
Venezuela81:3,775,51036,567
Hong Kong71:1,047,9264,985
Norway71:734,61250,907
Costa Rica61:796,6785,462
Mexico61:20,687,70153,861
Belarus51:1,900,21297,012
Peru31:10,594,70845,902
Monaco31:12,3552,088
Czechia31:3,544,490144,714
Malaysia21:14,747,112316,340
Spain21:23,376,018128,922
Sweden21:4,923,378241,212
Indonesia21:66,124,597756,638
Denmark11:5,644,71593,155
Wales11:3,094,53244,023
Austria11:8,515,435118,036
Azerbaijan11:9,649,12247,873
United States Virgin Islands11:110,3756,934
India11:767,065,3821,851,717
United Arab Emirates11:9,162,273135,437
Belgium11:11,496,644167,539
Switzerland11:8,212,915156,297
Bulgaria11:6,978,90586,260
Colombia11:47,774,07244,230
Italy11:61,156,688199,583
Philippines11:101,238,223404,861
Ecuador11:15,905,84650,210
Panama11:3,912,25817,195
China11:1,367,321,56651,149
New Zealand11:4,528,32355,372
Netherlands11:16,887,176156,465
PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
United States71:7,174,098302,835

Dorfman (20) may also be a first name.

Dorfman Surname Meaning

From Where Does The Surname Originate? meaning and history

“Village Man” (Villager) in German.

South African Surnames (1965) by Eric Rosenthal

(German) One who formerly lived in the village.

Dictionary of American Family Names (1956) by Elsdon Coles Smith

User-submitted Reference

In German, dorf means 'farm', or 'rural village'. Therefore, Dorfman means 'farman' or 'villager'. People who bear this surname probably roots in Germany.

- ldorfman

Dorfman Last Name Facts

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

The surname Dorfman (Arabic: دورفمان, Russian: Дорфман) has its highest incidence in The United States. It can also appear in the variant forms:. Click here to see other potential spellings of this last name.

How Common Is The Last Name Dorfman? popularity and diffusion

The surname is the 64,379th most frequently occurring surname globally It is held by around 1 in 938,029 people. It is primarily found in The Americas, where 71 percent of Dorfman reside; 64 percent reside in North America and 64 percent reside in Anglo-North America. It is also the 2,446,817th most commonly used given name in the world It is held by 20 people.

The last name Dorfman is most frequently occurring in The United States, where it is borne by 4,747 people, or 1 in 76,355. In The United States it is mostly concentrated in: New York, where 22 percent live, California, where 16 percent live and Florida, where 11 percent live. Apart from The United States it exists in 53 countries. It is also found in Israel, where 15 percent live and Russia, where 4 percent live.

Dorfman Family Population Trend historical fluctuation

The occurrence of Dorfman has changed over time. In The United States the number of people who held the Dorfman surname rose 67,814 percent between 1880 and 2014.

Dorfman Last Name Statistics demography

The religious devotion of those bearing the Dorfman last name is principally Orthodox (88%) in Russia and Orthodox (75%) in Ukraine.

In The United States those holding the Dorfman last name are 43.32% more likely to be registered Democrats than The US average, with 96.55% registered to vote for the party.

The amount Dorfman earn in different countries varies greatly. In Norway they earn 9.46% less than the national average, earning 313,335 kr per year; in South Africa they earn 164.84% more than the national average, earning R 629,352 per year; in United States they earn 27.63% more than the national average, earning $55,070 USD per year and in Canada they earn 43.09% more than the national average, earning $71,092 CAD per year.

Phonetically Similar Names

Dorfman Name Transliterations

TransliterationICU LatinPercentage of Incidence
Dorfman in the Russian language
Дорфманdorfman-
Dorfman in the Arabic language
دورفمانdwrfman-

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