Dörsam Surname
Approximately 1,495 people bear this surname
Dörsam Surname Distribution Map
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| Germany | 1,472 | 1:54,691 | 7,104 |
| Austria | 15 | 1:567,696 | 52,281 |
| Switzerland | 5 | 1:1,642,583 | 87,307 |
| Sweden | 2 | 1:4,923,378 | 241,212 |
| Costa Rica | 1 | 1:4,780,069 | 13,345 |
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| United States | 24 | 1:2,092,445 | 103,667 |
The alternate forms: Dorsam (232) & Dõrsam (1) are calculated separately.
Dörsam Last Name Facts
Where Does The Last Name Dörsam Come From? nationality or country of origin
The last name Dörsam is found in Germany more than any other country/territory. It may also be rendered in the variant forms: Dorsam or Dõrsam. Click here to see other possible spellings of this last name.
How Common Is The Last Name Dörsam? popularity and diffusion
Dörsam is the 262,280th most widespread last name world-wide, held by around 1 in 4,874,613 people. It is mostly found in Europe, where 100 percent of Dörsam are found; 100 percent are found in Western Europe and 100 percent are found in Germanic Europe.
The last name is most common in Germany, where it is carried by 1,472 people, or 1 in 54,691. In Germany Dörsam is most numerous in: Hesse, where 55 percent reside, Baden-Württemberg, where 24 percent reside and Rhineland-Palatinate, where 12 percent reside. Not including Germany this surname exists in 4 countries. It is also found in Austria, where 1 percent reside and Switzerland, where 0 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 Dörsam
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