Döpke

surname · Latin script

Meaning: Wahrscheinlich Patronym/Metronym zu Kurzform von Rufnamen; Bearer count 567

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

rarermore common
  • DEGermany≈1 in 83K(inferred from the name graph)
  • USUnited States1 in 821Kas Doepke
  • PLPoland1 in 101K

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 Döpke 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)

≈970 people, est.

Sources
137 (measured from records)

Highest-authority source

≈1 in 83K (inferred from the name graph)

Germany, est.

measured from records inferred from the name graph

Spellings & scripts(measured from records)

DoepkeLatin(measured from records)

One other spelling is counted as the same name:

Locally spelled Doepke in US United States, PL Poland, BE Belgium and 1 more and Dopke in BY Belarus.

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

Wahrscheinlich Patronym/Metronym zu Kurzform von Rufnamen; Bearer count 567.

Sources 1

  • Deutscher Familiennamenatlas, Band 5: Familiennamen nach Beruf und persönlichen Merkmalen

Attested across 12 languages in the etymology graph.

Where in the world(measured from records)

Döpke 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 Döpke is recorded, by country
CountryMost common spellingSources
DE Germany≈970 est.≈1 in 83K—Döpke50
CD Congo - Kinshasa≈470 est.≈1 in 215K—Doepke1
US United States405as Doepke1 in 821K422Doepke137
PL Poland3791 in 101K197Doepke1
BR Brazil2631 in 805K263—1
BY Belarus≈71 est.≈1 in 133K—Dopke1
BE Belgium≈42 est.≈1 in 279K—Doepke2

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; IBGE — Censo 2022 Nomes no Brasil per-token lookup (v3 API, given+surname); dane.gov.pl — PESEL living persons (surnames). 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)

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

  • a separate name2 spellings in the group

    Also written Dopke

  • Portuguese surname4 spellings in the group

    Most recorded in Brazil, United States, Paraguay, Mexico

    Languages: Portuguese, Spanish

    Also written Dopke

  • a separate name4 spellings in the group

    Also written Dopke

  • Hindi surname3 spellings in the group

    Most recorded in United States

    Also written Dopke

3 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.

Evidence(measured from records)

Attested in 3 sources across 1 country.

Reference works 2

  • Nederlandse FamilienamenBank (Dutch surname bank; ex-Meertens Instituut, now CBG)2007
  • 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

What does the name Döpke mean?
Recorded meaning: Wahrscheinlich Patronym/Metronym zu Kurzform von Rufnamen; Bearer count 567.
In which country does Döpke have the most bearers?
Mondonomo estimates about 969 people named Döpke in Germany, more than in any other country we hold, where it is most often spelled döpke.
How common is the name Döpke?
In Poland, the national register counted 379 people named Döpke in 2026, about 1 in 101 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, “Döpke”. Data snapshot 2026-10-10.

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