Dawlings Surname

5,057,639th
Most Common
surname in the World

Approximately 15 people bear this surname

Most prevalent in:
Australia
Highest density in:
Australia

Dawlings Surname

The meaning of this surname is not listed.

Dawlings Surname Distribution Map

PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
Australia91:2,999,522116,751
England51:11,143,612252,590
Canada11:36,845,591464,108
PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
England131:1,875,02858,113
PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
United States11:50,218,684817,899

Dawlings Last Name Facts

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

The last name Dawlings is held by more people in Australia than any other country/territory. It may also be found in the variant forms:. For other possible spellings of this name click here.

How Common Is The Last Name Dawlings? popularity and diffusion

The last name Dawlings is the 5,057,639th most prevalent surname on a worldwide basis. It is borne by approximately 1 in 485,836,394 people. The last name is primarily found in Oceania, where 60 percent of Dawlings live; 60 percent live in Australasia and 60 percent live in Australia and New Zealand.

It is most frequent in Australia, where it is held by 9 people, or 1 in 2,999,522. In Australia it is most numerous in: Victoria, where 67 percent reside and New South Wales, where 33 percent reside. Apart from Australia this last name is found in 2 countries. It is also found in England, where 33 percent reside and Canada, where 7 percent reside.

Dawlings Family Population Trend historical fluctuation

The occurrence of Dawlings has changed through the years. In England the number of people bearing the Dawlings surname fell 62 percent between 1881 and 2014.

Phonetically Similar Names

SurnameSimilarityWorldwide IncidencePrevalency
Dawling9374/
Dowlings884/
Dowling8054,241/
Dabling80152/
Davling807/
Dowlling755/
Hdowling751/
Ddowling750/
Dowlng716/
D'Dowling711/
Dowelling711/
Dobling6727/
Dovling6712/
Dowleng671/
Doubling632/
Daublink630/
Dosvling630/
Deibling630/
Doovling630/

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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 Dawlings
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