Dorvis Surname
Approximately 25 people bear this surname
Dorvis Surname Distribution Map
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| Brazil | 24 | 1:8,919,764 | 194,226 |
| Saint Lucia | 1 | 1:178,781 | 3,800 |
Dorvis (109) may also be a first name.
Dorvis Last Name Facts
Where Does The Last Name Dorvis Come From? nationality or country of origin
The surname Dorvis is most common in Brazil. It may also appear as a variant:. For other potential spellings of Dorvis click here.
How Common Is The Last Name Dorvis? popularity and diffusion
The last name is the 3,957,383rd most widely held family name in the world It is held by around 1 in 291,501,837 people. The surname Dorvis is mostly found in The Americas, where 100 percent of Dorvis reside; 96 percent reside in South America and 96 percent reside in Luso-South America. Dorvis is also the 900,062nd most widespread given name in the world, borne by 109 people.
The last name is most prevalent in Brazil, where it is borne by 24 people, or 1 in 8,919,764. In Brazil it is primarily concentrated in: Rio Grande do Sul, where 88 percent live and Santa Catarina, where 13 percent live. Beside Brazil it exists in one country. It also occurs in Saint Lucia, where 4 percent live.
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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 Dorvis
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