Dörwald Surname
Approximately 182 people bear this surname
Dörwald Surname Distribution Map
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| Germany | 181 | 1:444,782 | 39,627 |
| China | 1 | 1:1,367,321,566 | 51,149 |
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| United States | 2 | 1:25,109,342 | 694,541 |
The alternate forms: Dorwald (50) are calculated separately.
Dörwald Last Name Facts
Where Does The Last Name Dörwald Come From? nationality or country of origin
Dörwald is most common in Germany. It may be found as: Dorwald. Click here to see other possible spellings of this surname.
How Common Is The Last Name Dörwald? popularity and diffusion
The surname Dörwald is the 1,263,456th most frequently used family name globally It is held by around 1 in 40,041,461 people. Dörwald occurs mostly in Europe, where 99 percent of Dörwald are found; 99 percent are found in Western Europe and 99 percent are found in Germanic Europe.
This last name is most frequently occurring in Germany, where it is held by 181 people, or 1 in 444,782. In Germany Dörwald is most prevalent in: Schleswig-Holstein, where 23 percent live, Saxony-Anhalt, where 15 percent live and Rhineland-Palatinate, where 14 percent live. Apart from Germany Dörwald is found in one country. It is also common in China, where 1 percent live.
Phonetically Similar Names
| Surname | Similarity | Worldwide Incidence | Prevalency |
|---|---|---|---|
| Dorwald | 95 | 50 | / |
| Dörwaldt | 93 | 48 | / |
| Döhrwaldt | 88 | 7 | / |
| Derwald | 86 | 33 | / |
| Darwald | 86 | 1 | / |
| Doerwald | 80 | 220 | / |
| Dorwaldt | 80 | 60 | / |
| Darwal | 77 | 52 | / |
| Dorwal | 77 | 47 | / |
| Derwal | 77 | 28 | / |
| Doerwaldt | 75 | 17 | / |
| Derrwaldt | 75 | 14 | / |
| Dohrwaldt | 75 | 1 | / |
| Dharwal | 71 | 456 | / |
| Darwail | 71 | 119 | / |
| Darwall | 71 | 101 | / |
| Derwall | 71 | 97 | / |
| Derwahl | 71 | 87 | / |
| Dorvald | 71 | 12 | / |
| Dervald | 71 | 6 | / |
| Dherwal | 71 | 4 | / |
| Dahrwal | 71 | 2 | / |
| Dehrwal | 71 | 1 | / |
| Deerwal | 71 | 1 | / |
| Dhorwal | 71 | 1 | / |
| Dorwall | 71 | 0 | / |
| Dorwalt | 71 | 0 | / |
| Derwalt | 71 | 0 | / |
| Daharwal | 67 | 496 | / |
| Darwallh | 67 | 2 | / |
| Dheerwal | 67 | 1 | / |
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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 Dörwald
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