Dorstyn Surname

6,360,413th
Most Common
surname in the World

Approximately 9 people bear this surname

Most prevalent in:
Australia
Highest density in:
Australia

Dorstyn Surname

The meaning of this surname is not listed.

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Dorstyn 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
Australia71:3,856,529135,538
Netherlands11:16,887,176156,465
Poland11:38,008,749231,653

Dorstyn Last Name Facts

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

Dorstyn is borne by more people in Australia than any other country/territory. It may be found as:. For other possible spellings of Dorstyn click here.

How Common Is The Last Name Dorstyn? popularity and diffusion

The surname is the 6,360,413th most commonly held family name in the world, held by approximately 1 in 809,727,324 people. This last name occurs predominantly in Oceania, where 78 percent of Dorstyn live; 78 percent live in Australasia and 78 percent live in Australia and New Zealand.

It is most common in Australia, where it is held by 7 people, or 1 in 3,856,529. In Australia Dorstyn is most common in: South Australia, where 100 percent live. Barring Australia it occurs in 2 countries. It is also common in The Netherlands, where 11 percent live and Poland, where 11 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
Dorsten86533/
Dorstijn8054/
Dorsteen8021/
Durstin7161/
Dersten7142/
Derstin717/
Darsten715/
Dursten714/
Dorctin711/
Darstin710/
Durshten671/
Derstien670/
Durstinová5915/
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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 Dorstyn
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