Dorky Surname

4,532,898th
Most Common
surname in the World

Approximately 19 people bear this surname

Most prevalent in:
Nigeria
Highest density in:
Dominican Republic

Dorky Surname

The meaning of this surname is not listed.

Dorky Surname Distribution Map

PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
Nigeria121:14,761,896248,185
United States31:120,819,6441,331,040
Dominican Republic11:10,432,93236,508
Ivory Coast11:23,071,23276,679
Kenya11:46,179,900103,372
Ukraine11:45,522,696503,646
PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
United States21:25,109,342694,541

Dorky (118) may also be a first name.

Dorky Last Name Facts

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

The surname Dorky is more commonly found in Nigeria than any other country or territory. It can also appear as a variant:. Click here for further potential spellings of this name.

How Common Is The Last Name Dorky? popularity and diffusion

This surname is the 4,532,898th most commonly held family name worldwide It is held by around 1 in 383,555,048 people. The last name Dorky occurs mostly in Africa, where 74 percent of Dorky live; 68 percent live in West Africa and 68 percent live in Atlantic-Niger Africa. Dorky is also the 859,937th most frequently occurring given name on earth It is held by 118 people.

It is most commonly held in Nigeria, where it is borne by 12 people, or 1 in 14,761,896. In Nigeria Dorky is most frequent in: Ondo, where 100 percent are found. Outside of Nigeria this last name occurs in 5 countries. It is also common in The United States, where 16 percent are found and The Dominican Republic, where 5 percent are found.

Dorky Family Population Trend historical fluctuation

The occurrence of Dorky has changed through the years. In The United States the number of people who held the Dorky surname expanded 150 percent between 1880 and 2014.

Phonetically Similar Names

SurnameSimilarityWorldwide IncidencePrevalency
Dorkey91124/
Dorkhy911/
Dorcky911/
Dourkoy831/
Dorckey831/
Dorka801,320/
Dorke80661/
Darky8064/
Dorki8047/
Derky8033/
Darkey733,729/
Dorcey73482/
Derkyi73302/
Darkay73133/
Dorkhi73116/
Dourka7360/
Derkay7336/
Dorkha7327/
Dorkip7325/
Derkey7319/
Dorkhe7316/
Dorkeh7315/
Dhorke7311/
Dorked739/
Dourki733/
Dorkee732/
Dhorki731/
Doorki731/
Dohrke731/
Dorkaa731/
Darcky731/
Dourke731/
Doorke731/
Dorkoi731/
Darkiy731/
Derkiy731/
Dhorka731/
Dorcay731/
Dorkii730/
Doerke730/
Dorkhei67551/
Darkaya6740/
Dorkhee6713/
Daarkay673/
Dorkich672/
Dourhka671/
Doorkee671/
Dharkey671/
Dorckit670/
Dorkess670/
Dorchey670/

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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
  • Heatmap: Dark red means there is a higher occurrence of the name, transitioning to light yellow signifies a progressively lower occurrence. Clicking on selected countries will show mapping at a regional level
  • 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 Dorky
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