Dolittle Surname

1,295,379th
Most Common
surname in the World

Approximately 175 people bear this surname

Most prevalent in:
United States
Highest density in:
American Samoa

Dolittle Surname

The meaning of this surname is not listed.

Dolittle Surname Distribution Map

PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
United States1381:2,626,514158,538
England141:3,979,861125,553
Canada51:7,369,118289,406
Australia41:6,748,925181,100
Germany21:40,252,730481,636
Ireland21:2,354,47019,715
Scotland21:2,676,90851,579
Mauritius11:1,293,41716,552
Sweden11:9,846,757347,448
South Africa11:54,177,704343,732
Singapore11:5,507,70347,049
India11:767,065,3821,851,717
Hong Kong11:7,335,48316,643
American Samoa11:55,7583,072
Northern Ireland11:1,845,03620,648
PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
Ireland11:4,429,86640,727
PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
England11:24,375,369195,128
PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
United States1841:272,92822,173

Dolittle Last Name Facts

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

The surname Dolittle occurs in The United States more than any other country or territory. It may be found in the variant forms:. Click here for further possible spellings of this last name.

How Common Is The Last Name Dolittle? popularity and diffusion

It is the 1,295,379th most commonly used family name at a global level, held by around 1 in 41,643,120 people. This surname is predominantly found in The Americas, where 81 percent of Dolittle are found; 81 percent are found in North America and 81 percent are found in Anglo-North America.

The last name Dolittle is most commonly held in The United States, where it is held by 138 people, or 1 in 2,626,514. In The United States it is mostly found in: California, where 12 percent are found, New York, where 11 percent are found and Texas, where 10 percent are found. Outside of The United States this last name occurs in 14 countries. It is also common in England, where 8 percent are found and Canada, where 3 percent are found.

Dolittle Family Population Trend historical fluctuation

The frequency of Dolittle has changed through the years. In The United States the number of people carrying the Dolittle last name declined 25 percent between 1880 and 2014; in England it grew 1,400 percent between 1881 and 2014 and in Ireland it grew 200 percent between 1901 and 2014.

Dolittle Last Name Statistics demography

The religious adherence of those bearing the Dolittle surname is primarily Anglican (100%) in Ireland.

In The United States those bearing the Dolittle last name are 3.91% more likely to be registered with the Democratic Party than the national average, with 57.14% being registered with the political party.

Dolittle earn notably less less than the average income. In United States they earn 24.58% less than the national average, earning $32,542 USD per year.

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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 Dolittle
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