Dockar Surname
Approximately 127 people bear this surname
Dockar Surname Definition:
Surname recorded in Gamrie in seventeenth century. Most probably an early variant of Deuchar which see.
Dockar Surname Distribution Map
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| Australia | 88 | 1:306,769 | 26,711 |
| England | 25 | 1:2,228,722 | 84,230 |
| New Zealand | 6 | 1:754,720 | 41,661 |
| Scotland | 3 | 1:1,784,606 | 41,943 |
| United States | 2 | 1:181,229,466 | 1,556,795 |
| Bolivia | 1 | 1:10,616,434 | 17,077 |
| Canada | 1 | 1:36,845,591 | 464,108 |
| France | 1 | 1:66,422,722 | 504,397 |
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| Scotland | 16 | 1:233,951 | 8,207 |
| England | 1 | 1:24,375,369 | 195,128 |
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| United States | 1 | 1:50,218,684 | 817,899 |
Dockar Surname Meaning
From Where Does The Surname Originate? meaning and history
Surname recorded in Gamrie in seventeenth century. Most probably an early variant of Deuchar which see.
Dockar Last Name Facts
Where Does The Last Name Dockar Come From? nationality or country of origin
The last name Dockar is more frequently found in Australia than any other country/territory. It can be rendered in the variant forms:. Click here for other possible spellings of Dockar.
How Common Is The Last Name Dockar? popularity and diffusion
The surname Dockar is the 1,596,935th most common last name on a worldwide basis, held by around 1 in 57,382,251 people. The last name Dockar occurs mostly in Oceania, where 74 percent of Dockar reside; 74 percent reside in Australasia and 74 percent reside in Australia and New Zealand.
The last name Dockar is most widespread in Australia, where it is carried by 88 people, or 1 in 306,769. In Australia it is most prevalent in: New South Wales, where 86 percent are found, Australian Capital Territory, where 11 percent are found and Victoria, where 2 percent are found. Aside from Australia this last name is found in 7 countries. It also occurs in England, where 20 percent are found and New Zealand, where 5 percent are found.
Dockar Family Population Trend historical fluctuation
The occurrence of Dockar has changed over time. In England the number of people carrying the Dockar surname rose 2,500 percent between 1881 and 2014; in Scotland it contracted 81 percent between 1881 and 2014 and in The United States it rose 200 percent between 1880 and 2014.
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