Duffels Surname

1,214,709th
Most Common
surname in the World

Approximately 193 people bear this surname

Most prevalent in:
Netherlands
Highest density in:
Netherlands

Duffels Surname

The meaning of this surname is not listed.

Duffels Surname Distribution Map

PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
Netherlands1321:127,93319,924
United States291:12,498,584473,286
Canada251:1,473,824101,190
New Zealand61:754,72041,661
Belgium11:11,496,644167,539
PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
United States61:8,369,781355,680

The alternate forms: Düffels (75) are calculated separately.

Duffels Last Name Facts

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

The surname Duffels is found in The Netherlands more than any other country or territory. It can also occur as: Düffels. For other possible spellings of Duffels click here.

How Common Is The Last Name Duffels? popularity and diffusion

This surname is the 1,214,709th most frequently held family name on earth It is held by approximately 1 in 37,759,305 people. The last name occurs mostly in Europe, where 69 percent of Duffels are found; 69 percent are found in Western Europe and 69 percent are found in Germanic Europe.

This last name is most frequently occurring in The Netherlands, where it is carried by 132 people, or 1 in 127,933. In The Netherlands Duffels is most common in: North Holland, where 32 percent are found, Utrecht, where 21 percent are found and South Holland, where 18 percent are found. Not including The Netherlands this surname is found in 4 countries. It is also found in The United States, where 15 percent are found and Canada, where 13 percent are found.

Duffels Family Population Trend historical fluctuation

The incidence of Duffels has changed over time. In The United States the share of the population with the surname expanded 483 percent between 1880 and 2014.

Duffels Last Name Statistics demography

The amount Duffels earn in different countries varies significantly. In United States they earn 21.28% more than the national average, earning $52,331 USD per year and in Canada they earn 6.25% less than the national average, earning $46,576 CAD per year.

Phonetically Similar Names

SurnameSimilarityWorldwide IncidencePrevalency
Düffels9575/
Duffells933/
Duffiels930/
Diffels86131/
Duffles8697/
Duffils8621/
Dufils771,098/
Dufles7720/
Doufils7175/
Diefels7160/
Düffelsová712/
Deufils711/
Duflles711/
Diffles710/

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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 Duffels
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