Dönch Surname

1,447,279th
Most Common
surname in the World

Approximately 148 people bear this surname

Most prevalent in:
Germany
Highest density in:
Germany

Dönch Surname

The meaning of this surname is not listed.

Dönch Surname Distribution Map

PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
Germany1471:547,65645,370
United States11:362,458,9331,988,048
PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
England21:12,187,685173,419
PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
United States391:1,287,65971,386

The alternate forms: Donch (208) are calculated separately.

Dönch Last Name Facts

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

The surname Dönch is most common in Germany. It can also be rendered in the variant forms: Donch. Click here to see other potential spellings of this name.

How Common Is The Last Name Dönch? popularity and diffusion

It is the 1,447,279th most commonly held surname on earth It is held by around 1 in 49,240,175 people. The surname occurs mostly in Europe, where 99 percent of Dönch are found; 99 percent are found in Western Europe and 99 percent are found in Germanic Europe.

The last name is most frequently held in Germany, where it is borne by 147 people, or 1 in 547,656. In Germany Dönch is most common in: Hesse, where 39 percent reside, North Rhine-Westphalia, where 18 percent reside and Lower Saxony, where 13 percent reside. Without taking into account Germany this surname is found in one country. It is also found in The United States, where 1 percent reside.

Dönch Family Population Trend historical fluctuation

The incidence of Dönch has changed over time. In The United States the share of the population with the last name decreased 97 percent between 1880 and 2014.

Phonetically Similar Names

SurnameSimilarityWorldwide IncidencePrevalency
Donch93208/
Dench802,428/
Danch801,666/
Dinch80205/
Dynch802/
Dnc7511/
Denche731,186/
Doench73269/
Densch73137/
Dinsch7376/
Dhanch7349/
Dentch7343/
Dünsch7311/
Dinche736/
Daench730/
Dinc671,332/
Dönz67372/
Denc67161/
Düntsch6759/
Dentsch6734/
Dintsch6727/
D'Oench6715/
Deunsch6710/
Dnnc672/
Dnsh672/
Dndc672/
Dnxh671/
Dnci671/
Dintche671/
Dentche671/
Dync671/
Denstch670/
Dinnche670/

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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 Dönch
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