Dorkel Surname

686,443rd
Most Common
surname in the World

Approximately 432 people bear this surname

Most prevalent in:
France
Highest density in:
France

Dorkel Surname

The meaning of this surname is not listed.

Dorkel Surname Distribution Map

PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
France3641:182,48028,421
Germany531:1,518,97191,373
Switzerland81:1,026,61463,315
England31:18,572,686338,250
Belgium21:5,748,322130,559
Nigeria11:177,142,758748,972
United States11:362,458,9331,988,048
PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
United States41:12,554,671503,821

Dorkel Last Name Facts

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

The surname Dorkel is more commonly found in France than any other country/territory. It can occur as:. Click here for further potential spellings of this surname.

How Common Is The Last Name Dorkel? popularity and diffusion

This last name is the 686,443rd most frequent family name on earth. It is borne by approximately 1 in 16,869,319 people. This surname occurs predominantly in Europe, where 100 percent of Dorkel live; 99 percent live in Western Europe and 85 percent live in Gallo-Europe.

Dorkel is most frequently used in France, where it is borne by 364 people, or 1 in 182,480. In France Dorkel is most numerous in: Grand Est, where 70 percent reside, Île-de-France, where 15 percent reside and Hauts-de-France, where 4 percent reside. Besides France this last name is found in 6 countries. It is also common in Germany, where 12 percent reside and Switzerland, where 2 percent reside.

Dorkel Family Population Trend historical fluctuation

The incidence of Dorkel has changed through the years. In The United States the share of the population with the last name contracted 75 percent between 1880 and 2014.

Phonetically Similar Names

SurnameSimilarityWorldwide IncidencePrevalency
Dorckel92133/
Dorkeld92124/
Dourkel921/
Dorkell921/
Dorkl912/
Durkel8369/
Dorcel8327/
Darkel835/
Derkel833/
Durckel7768/
Derckel7753/
D'Orcel774/
Dorkleh771/
Derkell771/
Dorchel771/
Darckel770/
Derrkel770/
Darkl731/
Dorchell714/
Derckell711/
Darcel671,090/
Dorcil67860/
Derkil673/
Durcel671/
Derkyl671/
Darcell6221/
Ddarcel622/
Darkleh621/
Derkleh621/
Darchel621/
Durcell621/
Durchel620/
Dorcill620/
Derquiel572/
Durchell572/
Darklett570/
Darchell570/
Dorchill570/
Darcil502/
Darqul502/
Durcil501/

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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 Dorkel
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