Dorvill Surname

6,723,624th
Most Common
surname in the World

Approximately 8 people bear this surname

Most prevalent in:
Brazil
Highest density in:
Saint Lucia

Dorvill Surname Definition:

DORVILLE: Probably from one of the two places in Normandy now called Douville, situated respectively in the arrondissements of Audeli and Pont-l'Eveque.

Dorvill Surname Distribution Map

PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
Brazil41:53,518,583632,670
Barbados11:287,4482,772
Dominican Republic11:10,432,93236,508
Saint Lucia11:178,7813,800
United States11:362,458,9331,988,048
PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
England61:4,062,562101,150
PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
United States11:50,218,684817,899

Dorvill Surname Meaning

From Where Does The Surname Originate? meaning and history

DORVILLE: Probably from one of the two places in Normandy now called Douville, situated respectively in the arrondissements of Audeli and Pont-l'Eveque.

Patronymica Britannica (1860) by Mark Antony Lower

Dorvill Last Name Facts

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

Dorvill is carried by more people in Brazil than any other country/territory. It can occur as a variant:. For other potential spellings of this surname click here.

How Common Is The Last Name Dorvill? popularity and diffusion

It is the 6,723,624th most frequently used surname worldwide It is held by approximately 1 in 910,943,240 people. This surname occurs predominantly in The Americas, where 100 percent of Dorvill are found; 50 percent are found in South America and 50 percent are found in Luso-South America.

The last name is most widespread in Brazil, where it is borne by 4 people, or 1 in 53,518,583. In Brazil it is most frequent in: Rio Grande do Sul, where 100 percent are found. Apart from Brazil this surname exists in 4 countries. It also occurs in Barbados, where 13 percent are found and The Dominican Republic, where 13 percent are found.

Phonetically Similar Names

SurnameSimilarityWorldwide IncidencePrevalency
Dorville931,816/
Dorvil9226,918/
Dourville88184/
D'Orville8824/
Darvill861,736/
Dorvile8617/
Dervill863/
D'Orvil861/
Durvill861/
Dorviel861/
Dorvell860/
Darville803,717/
Durville801,083/
Dervil773,053/
Dorvel7722/
Darvil7716/
Durvil7715/
D'Arville75114/
Darvell71770/
Darvile713/
Daervil711/
Durvell711/
D'Harville711/
Dervell710/
Dorvele710/
Dervail710/
Durvelle6718/
Darvelle6710/
Durvilhe672/
Dorwelle670/
Darbaille639/
Darbeille631/
Darvilova631/
Darvel6291/
Durvel6256/
Dervel625/
Darwail57119/
Darbail571/
Dorbele571/
Dhurvel571/
Dutruilh5312/
Dourbele532/
Duruelle531/

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