Dornscheidt Surname

2,007,164th
Most Common
surname in the World

Approximately 87 people bear this surname

Most prevalent in:
Germany
Highest density in:
Germany

Dornscheidt Surname

The meaning of this surname is not listed.

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Dornscheidt Surname Distribution Map

By incidenceBy frequencyBy rank
Incidence (high to low)Incidence (low to high)Alphabetic A-ZAlphabetic Z-ARank (high to low)Rank (low to high)
PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
Germany781:1,032,12170,345
Netherlands81:2,110,89788,902
Brazil11:214,074,3321,693,628

Dornscheidt Last Name Facts

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

Dornscheidt occurs more in Germany more than any other country or territory. It can also be found in the variant forms:. For other potential spellings of Dornscheidt click here.

How Common Is The Last Name Dornscheidt? popularity and diffusion

Dornscheidt is the 2,007,164th most widely held last name on a global scale It is held by approximately 1 in 83,764,896 people. This surname occurs mostly in Europe, where 99 percent of Dornscheidt live; 99 percent live in Western Europe and 99 percent live in Germanic Europe.

This last name is most widespread in Germany, where it is carried by 78 people, or 1 in 1,032,121. In Germany it is most numerous in: North Rhine-Westphalia, where 88 percent live, Hesse, where 10 percent live and Baden-Württemberg, where 1 percent live. Without taking into account Germany it occurs in 2 countries. It is also found in The Netherlands, where 9 percent live and Brazil, where 1 percent live.

Phonetically Similar Names

Incidence (high to low)Incidence (low to high)Alphabetic A-ZAlphabetic Z-ASimilarity (high to low)Similarity (low to high)Prevalent jurisdiction A-ZPrevalent jurisdiction Z-A
SurnameSimilarityWorldwide IncidencePrevalency
Dornscheit951/
Dornseit841/
Dornchai749/
Dornsi713/
Dornce710/
Darnshadt701/
Dorince679/
Dorence675/
Dornsai675/
Darnshi673/
Dorense671/
Dornsey670/
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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 Dornscheidt
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