Dörper Surname

833,931st
Most Common
surname in the World

Approximately 331 people bear this surname

Most prevalent in:
Germany
Highest density in:
Germany

Dörper Surname

The meaning of this surname is not listed.

Dörper Surname Distribution Map

PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
Germany3271:246,19426,830
Netherlands21:8,443,588136,641
Sweden21:4,923,378241,212

The alternate forms: Dorper (20) are calculated separately.

Dörper Last Name Facts

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

The surname Dörper is more commonly found in Germany than any other country/territory. It can occur as: Dorper. Click here to see other potential spellings of this name.

How Common Is The Last Name Dörper? popularity and diffusion

The surname Dörper is the 833,931st most numerous surname on earth, borne by around 1 in 22,016,755 people. The last name Dörper occurs predominantly in Europe, where 100 percent of Dörper reside; 99 percent reside in Western Europe and 99 percent reside in Germanic Europe.

Dörper is most frequently used in Germany, where it is held by 327 people, or 1 in 246,194. In Germany it is most numerous in: North Rhine-Westphalia, where 87 percent are found, Rhineland-Palatinate, where 6 percent are found and Bavaria, where 2 percent are found. Apart from Germany it occurs in 2 countries. It is also common in The Netherlands, where 1 percent are found and Sweden, where 1 percent are found.

Phonetically Similar Names

SurnameSimilarityWorldwide IncidencePrevalency
Dorper9420/
Darper8319/
Derper834/
Doerper7763/
Darpe73625/
Dorpe7388/
Derpe737/
D'Arpe6764/
Dhorpe675/
Darphe673/
Darpeh672/
Derpeh671/
Dharpe671/
Darpey670/
Derpey670/
Dorpheu622/
Darpair621/
Derphey620/
Darpi55437/
Darpy5512/
Dorpi5510/
Derpy559/
Dorpy552/
Darpay5036/
Darpoy5028/
Dorphy5016/
Darpii5011/
Darpai5010/
Dorpai506/
Darphy500/
Derphy500/

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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 Dörper
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