Dörflinger

surname · Latin script

Meaning: From Dörflingen, see “Tabelle of Karlsruhe” List

Recorded as a male name· opposite-gender records fall within measured source noise

/dœʁflɪŋɐ/(machine-generated) pronunciation, model-generated

Dörflinger is a surname written in the Latin script, with more bearers in Germany than in any other country.

rarermore common
  • DEGermany≈1 in 56K(inferred from the name graph)
  • USUnited States1 in 1Mas Doerflinger
  • ATAustria≈1 in 27K

carrying the name, as counted by its national register where one exists and as Mondonomo estimates it elsewhere (marked ≈ and "est." on hover). Where a country counts another spelling of the name rather than Dörflinger itself, the figure is that spelling’s, and it is named. One hue, darker where it is more common; hover a country for its figure.

Germany (inferred from the name graph)

≈1,400 people, est.

Sources
115 (measured from records)

Highest-authority source

≈1 in 27K (inferred from the name graph)

Austria, est.

measured from records inferred from the name graph

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Spellings & scripts(measured from records)

DoerflingerLatin(measured from records)

One other spelling is counted as the same name:

Locally spelled Doerflinger in US United States, CH Switzerland and Dorflinger in AO Angola.

Spellings marked ● are how people bearing the name write it in our records, and ○ marks a model's transliteration; click a spelling to open its page.

Meaning & origin(measured from records)

recorded in German

From Dörflingen, see “Tabelle of Karlsruhe” List.

Sources 1

  • The Origin of Jewish Family Names: Morphology and History

Attested across 11 languages in the etymology graph.

Where in the world(measured from records)

Dörflinger counted together with the spellings and other-language forms grouped with it. Where a register counted another spelling, the row names it.

Sorted by bearers: national registers' counts, and Mondonomo's estimates (≈, est.) where no register counts.

Where Dörflinger is recorded, by country
CountryMost common spellingSources
DE Germany≈1,400 est.≈1 in 56K—Dörflinger57
AT Austria≈330 est.≈1 in 27K—Dörflinger30
US United States329as Doerflinger1 in 1M333Doerflinger115
CH Switzerland2261 in 37K226Doerflinger13
FR France≈220 est.≈1 in 313K21—3
AO Angola≈170 est.≈1 in 187K—Dorflinger1

Exact figures are national registers' own counts, while figures marked ≈ and est. are Mondonomo’s estimates, counted from our sources and calibrated against those registers; hover one for how far to trust it in that country. A dash means neither exists.

Registers cited: Census Bureau — Surname Frequency 2010; Census Bureau — Surname Frequency 2000; BFS — Familiennamen der Wohnbevölkerung (surnames); INSEE — Fichier des noms de famille (1891–2000). Figures without a register are Mondonomo estimates; see Methodology.

Country figures for a list of names, at full precision, are available under licence rather than by scraping this table (how that works).

Other names spelled this way(inferred from the name graph)

Dörflinger is also recorded as 8 other names, grouped separately because the records behind them do not connect to the one described above.

  • Spanish surname5 spellings in the group

    Most recorded in Argentina, United States, Switzerland, Guatemala

    Languages: Spanish, Portuguese

    Also written Dorflinger, Dôrflinger

  • a separate name2 spellings in the group

    Also written Dorflinger

  • a separate name5 spellings in the group

    Also written Dorflinger

  • French surname2 spellings in the group

    Most recorded in France, United States

    Also written Dorflinger

  • a separate name2 spellings in the group

    Also written Dorflinger

  • Italian name2 spellings in the group

    Also written Dorflinger

  • Czech name3 spellings in the group

    Also written Dorflinger

  • a separate name3 spellings in the group

    Also written Dorflinger

5 further groups record this spelling and are not listed here.

Grouping is the name graph's, not a register's: two spellings join a group when the evidence links them, so a group is a claim about the records rather than about the people.

Notable people with this name(measured from records)

1850190019502000Emil Dörflinger, b. 1882Josef Dörflinger, b. 1906Werner Dörflinger, b. 1940Johannes Dörflinger, b. 1941Johannes Dörflinger, b. 1941Stefan Dörflinger, b. 1948Reinhard Dörflinger, b. 1953Paul Dörflinger, b. 1955Thomas Dörflinger, b. 1965Thomas Dörflinger, b. 1969

The ten people covered by the most Wikipedia language editions — a proxy for cross-cultural notability, which favours historical and Western figures over equally prominent contemporary ones — shown by birth year. Source: Wikidata (CC0).

How to address them(machine-generated)

FormalSehr geehrte Damen und Herren,Dear Dörflinger, (English)
InformalSehr geehrte Damen und Herren,Hello, (English)

Evidence(measured from records)

Attested in 7 sources across 4 countries.

Official registers attesting Dörflinger
CountryRegisterYearCountRank
CH SwitzerlandBFS — Familiennamen der Wohnbevölkerung (surnames)2024226#5,643

Reference works 2

  • Wikipedia surname tokens
  • Wikidata name items (native-script + romanized given/family names)

These works list the name; their figures are licensed and are not reproduced here.

Register rows as of the 2026-10-09 data build.

Frequently asked questions

How do you pronounce Dörflinger?
A machine transcription gives /dœʁflɪŋɐ/ (IPA) for German.
What does the name Dörflinger mean?
Recorded meaning: From Dörflingen, see “Tabelle of Karlsruhe” List.
In which country does Dörflinger have the most bearers?
Mondonomo estimates about 1.4 thousand people named Dörflinger in Germany, more than in any other country we hold, where it is most often spelled dörflinger.
How common is the name Dörflinger?
In Switzerland, the national register counted 226 people named Dörflinger in 2024, about 1 in 37 thousand residents.

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About this data

measured from records inferred from the name graph machine-generated

These figures come from the data snapshot of and will change as it is rebuilt.

Statistics are aggregated from the Mondonomo name corpus; related names and etymology are inferred from the name graph; pronunciation and any machine-marked transliterations are model-generated. Read how the numbers are made, including their known failure modes, and where the data comes from.

Reference works we consult — surname dictionaries, official name registers, Wikidata and Wiktionary — are named directly, beside the claims they support. The per-country source counts also include datasets of person records: we publish how many there are and their authority tier, but not their names.

Cite this page Mondonomo, “Dörflinger”. Data snapshot 2026-10-10.

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