Dörfer Surname
Approximately 1,278 people bear this surname
Dörfer Surname Distribution Map
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| Germany | 1,272 | 1:63,290 | 8,125 |
| Sweden | 4 | 1:2,461,689 | 157,534 |
| Switzerland | 2 | 1:4,106,458 | 122,336 |
The alternate forms: Dorfer (1,874) are calculated separately.
Dörfer Last Name Facts
Where Does The Last Name Dörfer Come From? nationality or country of origin
Dörfer occurs in Germany more than any other country/territory. It may occur as: Dorfer. For other potential spellings of Dörfer click here.
How Common Is The Last Name Dörfer? popularity and diffusion
The surname Dörfer is the 298,032nd most frequently occurring last name internationally, borne by approximately 1 in 5,702,305 people. The last name occurs mostly in Europe, where 100 percent of Dörfer are found; 100 percent are found in Western Europe and 100 percent are found in Germanic Europe.
This last name is most commonly used in Germany, where it is held by 1,272 people, or 1 in 63,290. In Germany Dörfer is primarily concentrated in: Baden-Württemberg, where 19 percent reside, Thuringia, where 18 percent reside and North Rhine-Westphalia, where 16 percent reside. Other than Germany it occurs in 2 countries. It is also found in Sweden, where 0 percent reside and Switzerland, where 0 percent reside.
Phonetically Similar Names
| Surname | Similarity | Worldwide Incidence | Prevalency |
|---|---|---|---|
| Dorfer | 94 | 1,874 | / |
| Dörfert | 92 | 176 | / |
| Dörffer | 92 | 62 | / |
| Dörferdt | 86 | 1 | / |
| Derfer | 83 | 37 | / |
| Darfer | 83 | 0 | / |
| Dorffer | 77 | 457 | / |
| Doerfer | 77 | 405 | / |
| Derfier | 77 | 4 | / |
| Dorfeer | 77 | 2 | / |
| Dorfier | 77 | 1 | / |
| Derfeer | 77 | 0 | / |
| Dorfe | 73 | 451 | / |
| Darfe | 73 | 171 | / |
| Dörfi | 73 | 17 | / |
| Derfe | 73 | 16 | / |
| Doerffer | 71 | 102 | / |
| Doerfier | 71 | 1 | / |
| Deerfeer | 71 | 0 | / |
| Dorfey | 67 | 282 | / |
| Dorfei | 67 | 26 | / |
| Darfee | 67 | 3 | / |
| Dorfeu | 67 | 3 | / |
| Dorfeh | 67 | 1 | / |
| Dorfie | 67 | 1 | / |
| Dorfee | 67 | 1 | / |
| Derfee | 67 | 1 | / |
| Derfér | 67 | 1 | / |
| Dorffe | 67 | 0 | / |
| Darfey | 67 | 0 | / |
| Derfey | 67 | 0 | / |
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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 Dörfer
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