Dulcimer Surname

8,193,072nd
Most Common
surname in the World

Approximately 5 people bear this surname

Most prevalent in:
England
Highest density in:
England

Dulcimer Surname

The meaning of this surname is not listed.

DNA test information

Dulcimer Surname Distribution Map

By incidenceBy frequencyBy rank
Incidence (high to low)Incidence (low to high)Alphabetic A-ZAlphabetic Z-ARank (high to low)Rank (low to high)
PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
England21:27,859,030389,889
United States21:181,229,4661,556,795
Canada11:36,845,591464,108

Dulcimer (15) may also be a first name.

Dulcimer Last Name Facts

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

The last name Dulcimer is borne by more people in England than any other country/territory. It can also occur as a variant:. For other potential spellings of this surname click here.

How Common Is The Last Name Dulcimer? popularity and diffusion

It is the 8,193,072nd most numerous surname throughout the world It is held by around 1 in 1,457,509,183 people. Dulcimer is mostly found in The Americas, where 60 percent of Dulcimer live; 60 percent live in North America and 60 percent live in Anglo-North America. It is also the 2,900,335th most commonly used first name internationally It is held by 15 people.

The surname is most commonly used in England, where it is held by 2 people, or 1 in 27,859,030. In England Dulcimer is most common in: Somerset, where 50 percent live and South Yorkshire, where 50 percent live. Barring England it exists in 2 countries. It is also common in The United States, where 40 percent live and Canada, where 20 percent live.

Phonetically Similar Names

Incidence (high to low)Incidence (low to high)Alphabetic A-ZAlphabetic Z-ASimilarity (high to low)Similarity (low to high)Prevalent jurisdiction A-ZPrevalent jurisdiction Z-A
SurnameSimilarityWorldwide IncidencePrevalency
Dulcime931/
Dulcimeu881/
Dulgime806/
Dulgieme751/
Dolceme678/
Dulgimi671/
Dulesimi631/
Dolcema5387/
Dulsymj531/
Dulgemi531/

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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 Dulcimer
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