Dörfelt Surname

1,022,958th
Most Common
surname in the World

Approximately 247 people bear this surname

Most prevalent in:
Germany
Highest density in:
Germany

Dörfelt Surname

The meaning of this surname is not listed.

Dörfelt Surname Distribution Map

PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
Germany2371:339,68533,336
Switzerland81:1,026,61463,315
Austria11:8,515,435118,036
South Africa11:54,177,704343,732

The alternate forms: Dorfelt (21) are calculated separately.

Dörfelt Last Name Facts

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

The surname Dörfelt occurs most in Germany. It may be found in the variant forms: Dorfelt. Click here to see other possible spellings of Dörfelt.

How Common Is The Last Name Dörfelt? popularity and diffusion

This last name is the 1,022,958th most commonly used family name world-wide, held by approximately 1 in 29,504,234 people. The surname Dörfelt occurs mostly in Europe, where 100 percent of Dörfelt reside; 100 percent reside in Western Europe and 100 percent reside in Germanic Europe.

The last name Dörfelt is most frequently occurring in Germany, where it is held by 237 people, or 1 in 339,685. In Germany it is most frequent in: Saxony, where 69 percent reside, Bavaria, where 7 percent reside and North Rhine-Westphalia, where 6 percent reside. Besides Germany Dörfelt is found in 3 countries. It is also common in Switzerland, where 3 percent reside and Austria, where 0 percent reside.

Dörfelt Last Name Statistics demography

Dörfelt earn more than fifty percent more than the average income. In South Africa they earn 84.41% more than the national average, earning R 438,240 per year.

Phonetically Similar Names

SurnameSimilarityWorldwide IncidencePrevalency
Dorfelt9521/
Dörfeldt9312/
Dörfel921,417/
Dörffeldt8834/
Dörffel86145/
Derfelt8689/
Darfelt8662/
Dörfeld868/
Dörfl83136/
Dörrfeld8021/
Dörpfeld8019/
Doerfelt805/
Dörffeld801/
Dorfeldt801/
Derfel77147/
Dorfel7751/
Darfel7718/
Dörfelová754/
Doerfel71204/
Dorfeld7184/
Derfeld7114/
Derfält717/
Dorffel715/
Darfeel712/
Darfeld712/
Doerffeldt711/
Darfiel710/
Daerfel710/
Derfl6766/
Dörflová6753/
Doerffel6745/
Dorpfeld6736/
Dorfield6733/
Derfield6730/
Dorffeld6725/
Dorfl672/
Doerfeld672/
Dorrfeld671/
Doerfell671/
Derfildt670/
Deerfeld670/

Search for Another Surname

The name statistics are still in development, sign up for information on more maps and data

By signing up to the mailing list you will only receive emails specifically about name reference on Forebears and your information will not be distributed to 3rd parties.

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 Dörfelt
  • To find out more about this surname's family history, lookup records on Family​Search, My​Heritage, FindMyPast and Ancestry. Further information may be obtained by DNA analysis