Dönges Surname

182,027th
Most Common
surname in the World

Approximately 2,336 people bear this surname

Most prevalent in:
Germany
Highest density in:
Germany

Dönges Surname

The meaning of this surname is not listed.

Dönges Surname Distribution Map

PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
Germany2,3051:34,9264,615
Sweden121:820,56361,223
South Africa111:4,925,246143,631
Finland41:1,374,17650,379
France11:66,422,722504,397
Norway11:5,142,286129,201
Switzerland11:8,212,915156,297
United States11:362,458,9331,988,048

Dönges Last Name Facts

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

The surname Dönges is found most in Germany. It can occur as:. Click here for other potential spellings of Dönges.

How Common Is The Last Name Dönges? popularity and diffusion

This surname is the 182,027th most frequently used surname on a worldwide basis, held by around 1 in 3,119,669 people. The surname Dönges occurs predominantly in Europe, where 99 percent of Dönges live; 99 percent live in Western Europe and 99 percent live in Germanic Europe.

The surname Dönges is most frequently held in Germany, where it is carried by 2,305 people, or 1 in 34,926. In Germany Dönges is most prevalent in: Hesse, where 62 percent reside, North Rhine-Westphalia, where 17 percent reside and Rhineland-Palatinate, where 9 percent reside. Other than Germany it exists in 7 countries. It is also common in Sweden, where 1 percent reside and South Africa, where 0 percent reside.

Phonetically Similar Names

SurnameSimilarityWorldwide IncidencePrevalency
Dönnges921/
Dnges917/
Dinges835,547/
Denges83191/
Dünges8354/
Döngez832/
Dynges831/
Dingess772,484/
Doenges77821/
Dengese77159/
Dengues7744/
Dienges7710/
Duenges779/
Dingesz776/
Dinghes772/
Dingets771/
Dingees771/
Dengies770/
Dinguess711,106/
Doennges719/
Dinguest719/
Tdengese711/
Dengis67759/
Dingeç67478/
Dingis67363/
Dengez6750/
Denguesse6711/
Dyngis672/
Dingez671/
Dingesová671/
Dimges671/
Dinguis6235/
Denguez6234/
Doengis621/
Dingiss620/
Dingishe571/
Dimìnguez531/
Dengueche531/
Dengiz504,999/
Dingiz5070/
Dingiç501/
Dingiş501/

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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 Dönges
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