Dorfner

surname · Latin script

Meaning: Zu Dorf 'Dorf'; Herkunftsname mit -ner

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

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

rarermore common
  • DEGermany≈1 in 77K(inferred from the name graph)
  • USUnited States1 in 1.3M
  • ATAustria≈1 in 40K

carrying the name, as counted by its national register where one exists and as Mondonomo estimates it elsewhere (marked ≈ and "est." on hover). One hue, darker where it is more common; hover a country for its figure.

Germany (inferred from the name graph)

≈1,000 people, est.

Sources
129 (measured from records)

Highest-authority source

≈1 in 40K (inferred from the name graph)

Austria, est.

measured from records inferred from the name graph

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Spellings & scripts(measured from records)

One other spelling is counted as the same name:

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

Zu Dorf 'Dorf'; Herkunftsname mit -ner. 493 Belege. Die Karte zeigt o/ö-Varianten im Haupttonvokalismus.

Sources 1

  • Deutscher Familiennamenatlas, Band 1: Graphematik/Phonologie der Familiennamen I, Vokalismus

Attested across 4 languages in the etymology graph.

Where in the world(measured from records)

Dorfner 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 Dorfner is recorded, by country
CountryMost common spellingSources
DE Germany≈1,000 est.≈1 in 77KlistedDorfner64
US United States2591 in 1.3M259Dorfner129
AT Austria≈220 est.≈1 in 40K—Dorfner33
PL Poland≈40 est.≈1 in 966K—Dorfner1
CA Canada≈36 est.≈1 in 1M—Dorfner4
BE Belgium≈10 est.≈1 in 1.2M—Dorfner2

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; the dfa-band-1 register. 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)

Dorfner is also recorded as 4 other names, grouped separately because the records behind them do not connect to the one described above.

  • Spanish surname3 spellings in the group

    Most recorded in United States, Brazil

    Languages: Spanish, Portuguese

    Also written Dörfner

  • a separate name2 spellings in the group

    Also written Dörfner

  • Arabic name2 spellings in the group

    Also written Dörfner

  • a separate name3 spellings in the group

    Also written Dörfner

24 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.

Other recorded senses(measured from records)

Dorfner is also recorded in 3 other lexicons, as a different name or as an ordinary word. These are senses of the spelling, not of the name above.

  • In German, Familienname zu Hof/Dorf; zeigt die nicht-umgelautete Vokalvariante -dorf- gegenüber -dörf-. Bearer count: 493 (Dorf(n)er 48+445).

    as a nameDeutscher Familiennamenatlas, Band 1: Graphematik/Phonologie der Familiennamen I, Vokalismus

  • In German, Ableitung zu mhd. dorf; zeigt ö/o-Variation. Schweiz: 0+1.

    as a nameDeutscher Familiennamenatlas, Band 1: Graphematik/Phonologie der Familiennamen I, Vokalismus

  • In German, from Dorf 'village'

    as a nameDeutsche Namenkunde: Unsere Familiennamen nach ihrer Entstehung und Bedeutung

Ordered by how much of this spelling's record each language holds, so a sense from a language the name is barely used in sits last rather than first.

Notable people with this name(measured from records)

18001850190019502000Florian Dorfner, b. 1802Otto Dorfner, b. 1885Alfons Dorfner, b. 1911Hanns Dorfner, b. 1942Hans Dorfner, b. 1965

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)

FormalDear Dorfner,
InformalHello,

Evidence(measured from records)

Attested in 10 sources across 6 countries.

Official registers attesting Dorfner
CountryRegisterYearCountRank
US United StatesCensus Bureau — Surname Frequency 20102010259#74,608
US United StatesCensus Bureau — Surname Frequency 20202020241#83,936
US United StatesCensus Bureau — Surname Frequency 20002000219#80,502
DE GermanyDeutscher Familiennamenatlas Band 1———
US United Stateswru Name Dictionary — US surnames, Census 2010 subset (Khanna et al.)———

Reference works 1

  • 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 Dorfner?
A machine transcription gives /dɔɹfnɝ/ (IPA) for English.
What does the name Dorfner mean?
Recorded meaning: Zu Dorf 'Dorf'; Herkunftsname mit -ner.
In which country does Dorfner have the most bearers?
Mondonomo estimates about 1.0 thousand people named Dorfner in Germany, more than in any other country we hold, where it is most often spelled dorfner.
How common is the name Dorfner?
In the United States, the national register counted 259 people named Dorfner in 2010, about 1 in 1.3 million 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, “Dorfner”. Data snapshot 2026-10-10.

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