Dörflein Surname

1,088,856th
Most Common
surname in the World

Approximately 226 people bear this surname

Most prevalent in:
Germany
Highest density in:
Germany

Dörflein Surname

The meaning of this surname is not listed.

DNA test information

Dörflein Surname Distribution Map

By incidenceBy frequencyBy rank
Incidence (high to low)Incidence (low to high)Alphabetic A-ZAlphabetic Z-ARank (high to low)Rank (low to high)
PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
Germany2241:359,39934,546
Hungary11:9,816,27773,288
South Africa11:54,177,704343,732
PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
United States71:7,174,098302,835

The alternate forms: Dorflein (33) are calculated separately.

Dörflein Last Name Facts

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

The last name Dörflein is more commonly found in Germany than any other country or territory. It can be rendered as a variant: Dorflein. Click here for other possible spellings of this surname.

How Common Is The Last Name Dörflein? popularity and diffusion

The last name Dörflein is the 1,088,856th most widespread surname on a worldwide basis, held by around 1 in 32,245,778 people. This surname occurs mostly in Europe, where 100 percent of Dörflein live; 99 percent live in Western Europe and 99 percent live in Germanic Europe.

Dörflein is most frequent in Germany, where it is carried by 224 people, or 1 in 359,399. In Germany Dörflein is primarily concentrated in: Bavaria, where 70 percent reside, Hesse, where 18 percent reside and Berlin, where 4 percent reside. Other than Germany Dörflein occurs in 2 countries. It also occurs in Hungary, where 0 percent reside and South Africa, where 0 percent reside.

Phonetically Similar Names

Incidence (high to low)Incidence (low to high)Alphabetic A-ZAlphabetic Z-ASimilarity (high to low)Similarity (low to high)Prevalent jurisdiction A-ZPrevalent jurisdiction Z-A
SurnameSimilarityWorldwide IncidencePrevalency
Dorflein9633/
Doerflein82459/
Doreflein822/
Daerflein822/
Dorflin8012/
Dorflen801/
Derflen801/
Darflene751/
Doerflen750/
Derfline750/
Dörvöljin7190/
Dorfelino716/
Doerflien711/
Treflin6710/
Durif-Leon679/
Darvlin671/
Traflin670/
Turflen670/
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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 Dörflein
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