Dortmund Surname

1,177,228th
Most Common
surname in the World

Approximately 202 people bear this surname

Most prevalent in:
Germany
Highest density in:
Germany

Dortmund Surname

The meaning of this surname is not listed.

Dortmund Surname Distribution Map

PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
Germany1361:591,95247,778
United States611:5,941,950288,805
Ireland11:4,708,93929,543
Algeria11:38,631,551130,422
England11:55,718,059489,080
Italy11:61,156,688199,583
Japan11:127,844,29373,547
PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
United States171:2,954,040135,915

Dortmund Last Name Facts

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

Dortmund is held by more people in Germany than any other country or territory. It can be rendered as:. For other potential spellings of this last name click here.

How Common Is The Last Name Dortmund? popularity and diffusion

The last name Dortmund is the 1,177,228th most common last name globally It is held by around 1 in 36,076,960 people. The surname is primarily found in Europe, where 69 percent of Dortmund reside; 67 percent reside in Western Europe and 67 percent reside in Germanic Europe.

The last name Dortmund is most commonly held in Germany, where it is borne by 136 people, or 1 in 591,952. In Germany Dortmund is primarily concentrated in: Lower Saxony, where 45 percent are found, North Rhine-Westphalia, where 33 percent are found and Baden-Württemberg, where 8 percent are found. Other than Germany it exists in 6 countries. It also occurs in The United States, where 30 percent are found and Ireland, where 0 percent are found.

Dortmund Family Population Trend historical fluctuation

The incidence of Dortmund has changed over time. In The United States the number of people carrying the Dortmund last name increased 359 percent between 1880 and 2014.

Dortmund Last Name Statistics demography

In The United States those holding the Dortmund surname are 31.8% more likely to be registered with the Republican Party than the national average, with 78.57% being registered with the party.

Dortmund earn notably more than the average income. In United States they earn 21.21% more than the national average, earning $52,301 USD per year.

Phonetically Similar Names

SurnameSimilarityWorldwide IncidencePrevalency
Dortmundt9485/
Dortmond8862/
Dortmondt822/
Dortmont7529/
Dordmond7513/
Doortmont7128/
Doroodmand6714/
Trtmand671/

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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 Dortmund
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