Dörsch Surname

633,196th
Most Common
surname in the World

Approximately 482 people bear this surname

Most prevalent in:
Germany
Highest density in:
Germany

Dörsch Surname

The meaning of this surname is not listed.

Dörsch Surname Distribution Map

PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
Germany4391:183,38421,405
Austria341:250,45429,541
Netherlands61:2,814,529101,176
Norway21:2,571,14395,402
Czechia11:10,633,469206,023

The alternate forms: Dorsch (10,094) are calculated separately.

Dörsch Last Name Facts

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

The surname Dörsch is found in Germany more than any other country or territory. It can be rendered in the variant forms: Dorsch. Click here to see other potential spellings of Dörsch.

How Common Is The Last Name Dörsch? popularity and diffusion

This last name is the 633,196th most common family name on a worldwide basis, borne by around 1 in 15,119,390 people. The surname Dörsch is predominantly found in Europe, where 100 percent of Dörsch live; 99 percent live in Western Europe and 99 percent live in Germanic Europe.

It is most frequently occurring in Germany, where it is borne by 439 people, or 1 in 183,384. In Germany it is most prevalent in: Bavaria, where 70 percent reside, Hesse, where 11 percent reside and North Rhine-Westphalia, where 10 percent reside. Other than Germany this surname exists in 4 countries. It is also found in Austria, where 7 percent reside and The Netherlands, where 1 percent reside.

Dörsch Last Name Statistics demography

Dörsch earn significantly less than the average income. In Norway they earn 28.62% less than the national average, earning 247,029 kr per year.

Phonetically Similar Names

SurnameSimilarityWorldwide IncidencePrevalency
Dorsch9410,094/
Dersch832,747/
Darsch83312/
Doersch77271/
Deursch777/
Darrsch774/
Dhersch771/
Derssch771/
Dorrsch770/
Darsh7311,958/
Dorsh73437/
Dersh7363/
Dharsh677/
Dahrsh675/
Darshh672/
Doersh671/

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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 Dörsch
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