van Dorf Surname

4,649,889th
Most Common
surname in the World

Approximately 18 people bear this surname

Most prevalent in:
United States
Highest density in:
New Zealand

van Dorf Surname

The meaning of this surname is not listed.

van Dorf Surname Distribution Map

PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
United States161:22,653,683662,747
Brazil11:214,074,3321,693,628
New Zealand11:4,528,32355,372
PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
United States51:10,043,737422,899

van Dorf Last Name Facts

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

The last name van Dorf is found in The United States more than any other country or territory. It can also be found as:. For other possible spellings of this last name click here.

How Common Is The Last Name van Dorf? popularity and diffusion

The surname is the 4,649,889th most common last name on earth, held by approximately 1 in 404,863,662 people. This surname occurs predominantly in The Americas, where 94 percent of van Dorf reside; 89 percent reside in North America and 89 percent reside in Anglo-North America.

The surname van Dorf is most prevalent in The United States, where it is carried by 16 people, or 1 in 22,653,683. In The United States van Dorf is mostly found in: Wisconsin, where 69 percent reside, Illinois, where 13 percent reside and Texas, where 13 percent reside. Excluding The United States this surname exists in 2 countries. It also occurs in Brazil, where 6 percent reside and New Zealand, where 6 percent reside.

van Dorf Family Population Trend historical fluctuation

The incidence of van Dorf has changed over time. In The United States the number of people bearing the van Dorf surname grew 320 percent between 1880 and 2014.

van Dorf Last Name Statistics demography

van Dorf earn more than fifty percent more than the average income. In United States they earn 62.52% more than the national average, earning $70,125 USD per year.

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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 van Dorf
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