Dorkel Surname
Approximately 432 people bear this surname
Dorkel Surname Distribution Map
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| France | 364 | 1:182,480 | 28,421 |
| Germany | 53 | 1:1,518,971 | 91,373 |
| Switzerland | 8 | 1:1,026,614 | 63,315 |
| England | 3 | 1:18,572,686 | 338,250 |
| Belgium | 2 | 1:5,748,322 | 130,559 |
| Nigeria | 1 | 1:177,142,758 | 748,972 |
| United States | 1 | 1:362,458,933 | 1,988,048 |
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| United States | 4 | 1:12,554,671 | 503,821 |
Dorkel Last Name Facts
Where Does The Last Name Dorkel Come From? nationality or country of origin
The last name Dorkel is more commonly found in France than any other country or territory. It can also occur as:. Click here for other potential spellings of this name.
How Common Is The Last Name Dorkel? popularity and diffusion
Dorkel is the 686,443rd most numerous surname throughout the world, held by around 1 in 16,869,319 people. It occurs mostly in Europe, where 100 percent of Dorkel reside; 99 percent reside in Western Europe and 85 percent reside in Gallo-Europe.
This surname is most prevalent in France, where it is carried by 364 people, or 1 in 182,480. In France it is primarily concentrated in: Grand Est, where 70 percent live, Île-de-France, where 15 percent live and Hauts-de-France, where 4 percent live. Excluding France it exists in 6 countries. It also occurs in Germany, where 12 percent live and Switzerland, where 2 percent live.
Dorkel Family Population Trend historical fluctuation
The prevalency of Dorkel has changed over time. In The United States the number of people carrying the Dorkel last name declined 75 percent between 1880 and 2014.
Phonetically Similar Names
| Surname | Similarity | Worldwide Incidence | Prevalency |
|---|---|---|---|
| Dorckel | 92 | 133 | / |
| Dorkeld | 92 | 124 | / |
| Dourkel | 92 | 1 | / |
| Dorkell | 92 | 1 | / |
| Dorkl | 91 | 2 | / |
| Durkel | 83 | 69 | / |
| Dorcel | 83 | 27 | / |
| Darkel | 83 | 5 | / |
| Derkel | 83 | 3 | / |
| Durckel | 77 | 68 | / |
| Derckel | 77 | 53 | / |
| D'Orcel | 77 | 4 | / |
| Dorkleh | 77 | 1 | / |
| Derkell | 77 | 1 | / |
| Dorchel | 77 | 1 | / |
| Darckel | 77 | 0 | / |
| Derrkel | 77 | 0 | / |
| Darkl | 73 | 1 | / |
| Dorchell | 71 | 4 | / |
| Derckell | 71 | 1 | / |
| Darcel | 67 | 1,090 | / |
| Dorcil | 67 | 860 | / |
| Derkil | 67 | 3 | / |
| Durcel | 67 | 1 | / |
| Derkyl | 67 | 1 | / |
| Darcell | 62 | 21 | / |
| Ddarcel | 62 | 2 | / |
| Darkleh | 62 | 1 | / |
| Derkleh | 62 | 1 | / |
| Darchel | 62 | 1 | / |
| Durcell | 62 | 1 | / |
| Durchel | 62 | 0 | / |
| Dorcill | 62 | 0 | / |
| Derquiel | 57 | 2 | / |
| Durchell | 57 | 2 | / |
| Darklett | 57 | 0 | / |
| Darchell | 57 | 0 | / |
| Dorchill | 57 | 0 | / |
| Darcil | 50 | 2 | / |
| Darqul | 50 | 2 | / |
| Durcil | 50 | 1 | / |
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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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