Doew Surname

10,311,814th
Most Common
surname in the World

Approximately 3 people bear this surname

Most prevalent in:
South Africa
Highest density in:
South Africa

Doew Surname

The meaning of this surname is not listed.

Doew Surname Distribution Map

PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
South Africa11:54,177,704343,732
Thailand11:70,638,3451,175,915
United States11:362,458,9331,988,048
PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
England71:3,482,19689,582
PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
United States101:5,021,868210,693

Doew Last Name Facts

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

The last name Doew is found most frequently in South Africa. It may occur in the variant forms:. Click here to see other potential spellings of Doew.

How Common Is The Last Name Doew? popularity and diffusion

This surname is the 10,311,814th most prevalent last name internationally It is held by approximately 1 in 2,147,483,647 people. The surname is primarily found in Africa, where 33 percent of Doew live; 33 percent live in Southern Africa and 33 percent live in South Bantu Africa.

The surname Doew is most common in South Africa, where it is carried by 1 people, or 1 in 54,177,704. Besides South Africa this last name is found in 2 countries. It is also common in Thailand, where 33 percent live and The United States, where 33 percent live.

Doew Family Population Trend historical fluctuation

The frequency of Doew has changed over time. In The United States the number of people carrying the Doew surname declined 90 percent between 1880 and 2014.

Phonetically Similar Names

SurnameSimilarityWorldwide IncidencePrevalency
Doewe892/
Dow8639,079/
Douw758,112/
Doev751,781/
Dhow75162/
Doef75109/
Deuw7525/
Doow7518/
Dowë756/
Dowh753/
Hdow753/
Dovw752/
Dowf751/
Daew751/
Douwe67300/
Douws67202/
Doufe6769/
Doeff6740/
Deuwe6735/
Ddouw676/
Doofe676/
Doeph672/
Dohev671/
Doowe671/
Dhoow671/
Dhouw671/
Dddow670/

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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
  • Heatmap: Dark red means there is a higher occurrence of the name, transitioning to light yellow signifies a progressively lower occurrence. Clicking on selected countries will show mapping at a regional level
  • 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 Doew
  • To find out more about this surname's family history, lookup records on Family​Search, My​Heritage, FindMyPast and Ancestry. Further information may be obtained by DNA analysis