Dawsons Surname

4,649,889th
Most Common
surname in the World

Approximately 18 people bear this surname

Most prevalent in:
England
Highest density in:
New Zealand

Dawsons Surname

The meaning of this surname is not listed.

Dawsons Surname Distribution Map

PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
England61:9,286,343223,652
Australia51:5,399,140162,351
United States41:90,614,7331,198,479
Mexico11:124,126,205103,776
New Zealand11:4,528,32355,372
Thailand11:70,638,3451,175,915
PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
England21:12,187,685173,419

Dawsons Last Name Facts

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

Dawsons has its highest incidence in England. It can be found in the variant forms:. Click here for further possible spellings of this surname.

How Common Is The Last Name Dawsons? popularity and diffusion

It is the 4,649,889th most frequently occurring last name on earth. It is borne by around 1 in 404,863,662 people. The surname Dawsons occurs mostly in Europe, where 33 percent of Dawsons reside; 33 percent reside in Northern Europe and 33 percent reside in British Isles.

This last name is most commonly occurring in England, where it is carried by 6 people, or 1 in 9,286,343. In England it is most prevalent in: Cambridgeshire, where 83 percent reside and Greater London, where 17 percent reside. Not including England Dawsons exists in 5 countries. It is also found in Australia, where 28 percent reside and The United States, where 22 percent reside.

Dawsons Family Population Trend historical fluctuation

The occurrence of Dawsons has changed over time. In England the number of people carrying the Dawsons last name rose 300 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
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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 Dawsons
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