Dörffer Surname
Approximately 62 people bear this surname
Dörffer Surname Distribution Map
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| Germany | 60 | 1:1,341,758 | 84,137 |
| Denmark | 1 | 1:5,644,715 | 93,155 |
| England | 1 | 1:55,718,059 | 489,080 |
The alternate forms: Dorffer (457) are calculated separately.
Dörffer Last Name Facts
Where Does The Last Name Dörffer Come From? nationality or country of origin
The surname Dörffer is borne by more people in Germany than any other country or territory. It can also occur as a variant: Dorffer. For other possible spellings of this last name click here.
How Common Is The Last Name Dörffer? popularity and diffusion
The last name Dörffer is the 2,436,415th most frequent last name at a global level It is held by approximately 1 in 117,541,063 people. It is mostly found in Europe, where 100 percent of Dörffer reside; 97 percent reside in Western Europe and 97 percent reside in Germanic Europe.
The last name Dörffer is most frequently used in Germany, where it is borne by 60 people, or 1 in 1,341,758. In Germany it is most common in: Lower Saxony, where 43 percent reside, Berlin, where 42 percent reside and North Rhine-Westphalia, where 12 percent reside. Beside Germany Dörffer is found in 2 countries. It also occurs in Denmark, where 2 percent reside and England, where 2 percent reside.
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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 Dörffer
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