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 occurs in Germany more than any other country or territory. It may also occur as a variant: Donch. For other possible spellings of this name click here.

How Common Is The Last Name Dönch? popularity and diffusion

It is the 1,447,279th most commonly used last name throughout the world, held by approximately 1 in 49,240,175 people. It occurs predominantly in Europe, where 99 percent of Dönch reside; 99 percent reside in Western Europe and 99 percent reside in Germanic Europe.

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

Dönch Family Population Trend historical fluctuation

The prevalency of Dönch has changed through the years. In The United States the number of people who held the Dönch last name declined 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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