Dalhousie Surname

4,532,898th
Most Common
surname in the World

Approximately 19 people bear this surname

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

Dalhousie Surname

The meaning of this surname is not listed.

Dalhousie Surname Distribution Map

PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
New Zealand81:566,04034,598
England41:13,929,515290,718
United States31:120,819,6441,331,040
India21:383,532,6911,645,216
Ireland11:4,708,93929,543
Canada11:36,845,591464,108
PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
England21:12,187,685173,419

Dalhousie Last Name Facts

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

The surname Dalhousie occurs more in New Zealand more than any other country/territory. It can occur as:. For other possible spellings of this name click here.

How Common Is The Last Name Dalhousie? popularity and diffusion

The surname is the 4,532,898th most widespread last name in the world It is held by around 1 in 383,555,048 people. It is primarily found in Oceania, where 42 percent of Dalhousie reside; 42 percent reside in Australasia and 42 percent reside in Australia and New Zealand.

The last name Dalhousie is most commonly used in New Zealand, where it is held by 8 people, or 1 in 566,040. In New Zealand it is most frequent in: Auckland Region, where 100 percent live. Apart from New Zealand Dalhousie is found in 5 countries. It is also found in England, where 21 percent live and The United States, where 16 percent live.

Dalhousie Family Population Trend historical fluctuation

The prevalency of Dalhousie has changed over time. In England the number of people who held the Dalhousie last name increased 200 percent between 1881 and 2014.

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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 Dalhousie
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