Dorothée Surname
Approximately 27 people bear this surname
Dorothée Surname Distribution Map
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| France | 20 | 1:3,321,136 | 213,627 |
| Belgium | 2 | 1:5,748,322 | 130,559 |
| Canada | 1 | 1:36,845,591 | 464,108 |
| DR Congo | 1 | 1:73,879,570 | 260,543 |
| Ivory Coast | 1 | 1:23,071,232 | 76,679 |
| Switzerland | 1 | 1:8,212,915 | 156,297 |
| United States | 1 | 1:362,458,933 | 1,988,048 |
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| United States | 2 | 1:25,109,342 | 694,541 |
The alternate forms: Dorothee (931) & Dorotheé (1) are calculated separately.
Dorothée (6,132) may also be a first name.
Dorothée Last Name Facts
Where Does The Last Name Dorothée Come From? nationality or country of origin
The last name Dorothée occurs in France more than any other country or territory. It can also appear as a variant: Dorothee or Dorotheé. For other possible spellings of this name click here.
How Common Is The Last Name Dorothée? popularity and diffusion
This last name is the 3,798,600th most widespread family name on a global scale. It is borne by around 1 in 269,909,108 people. Dorothée is primarily found in Europe, where 85 percent of Dorothée live; 85 percent live in Western Europe and 85 percent live in Gallo-Europe. Dorothée is also the 84,488th most prevalent first name world-wide, held by 6,132 people.
The surname Dorothée is most widespread in France, where it is borne by 20 people, or 1 in 3,321,136. In France Dorothée is most frequent in: Île-de-France, where 50 percent live, Hauts-de-France, where 45 percent live and Pays de la Loire, where 5 percent live. Without taking into account France it exists in 6 countries. It also occurs in Belgium, where 7 percent live and Canada, where 4 percent live.
Dorothée Family Population Trend historical fluctuation
The incidence of Dorothée has changed through the years. In The United States the number of people bearing the Dorothée last name declined 50 percent between 1880 and 2014.
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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 Dorothée
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