Dočekal Surname

308,323rd
Most Common
surname in the World

Approximately 1,224 people bear this surname

Most prevalent in:
Czechia
Highest density in:
Czechia

Dočekal Surname

The meaning of this surname is not listed.

Dočekal Surname Distribution Map

PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
Czechia1,2171:8,7371,124
Croatia51:845,72148,179
Slovakia21:2,668,225118,680
PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
United States101:5,021,868210,693

The alternate forms: Docekal (438) are calculated separately.

Dočekal Last Name Facts

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

The last name Dočekal is found in Czechia more than any other country or territory. It may also appear as a variant: Docekal. Click here to see other possible spellings of this name.

How Common Is The Last Name Dočekal? popularity and diffusion

The surname Dočekal is the 308,323rd most frequently used family name on earth, held by around 1 in 5,953,877 people. The last name is mostly found in Europe, where 100 percent of Dočekal are found; 100 percent are found in Eastern Europe and 100 percent are found in West Slavic Europe.

The last name Dočekal is most prevalent in Czechia, where it is carried by 1,217 people, or 1 in 8,737. In Czechia it is primarily concentrated in: Vysočina Region, where 28 percent are found, South Moravian Region, where 24 percent are found and Prague, where 9 percent are found. Aside from Czechia this last name exists in 2 countries. It is also common in Croatia, where 0 percent are found and Slovakia, where 0 percent are found.

Phonetically Similar Names

SurnameSimilarityWorldwide IncidencePrevalency
Docekal95438/
Dozekal862/
Dosekal861/
Dočekalová821,298/
Doczekal8070/
Dochekal803/
Docekalova7115/
Dotschekal713/
Docikall673/
Dosikale671/
Dochikall631/
Dasaikal533/

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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 Dočekal
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