Donehower Surname

1,484,726th
Most Common
surname in the World

Approximately 142 people bear this surname

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

Donehower Surname

The meaning of this surname is not listed.

Donehower Surname Distribution Map

PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
United States1391:2,607,618157,688
Canada31:12,281,864364,614
PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
United States251:2,008,747100,426

Donehower Last Name Facts

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

The last name Donehower occurs in The United States more than any other country or territory. It can occur as a variant:. Click here for other possible spellings of this last name.

How Common Is The Last Name Donehower? popularity and diffusion

The surname is the 1,484,726th most frequently used last name internationally, held by approximately 1 in 51,320,746 people. This surname is predominantly found in The Americas, where 83 percent of Donehower live; 83 percent live in North America and 81 percent live in Anglo-North America.

This surname is most frequent in The United States, where it is held by 139 people, or 1 in 2,607,618. In The United States Donehower is primarily concentrated in: Maryland, where 18 percent reside, Florida, where 9 percent reside and Pennsylvania, where 8 percent reside. Beside The United States this last name exists in one country. It is also common in Canada, where 2 percent reside.

Donehower Family Population Trend historical fluctuation

The occurrence of Donehower has changed through the years. In The United States the number of people carrying the Donehower surname grew 556 percent between 1880 and 2014.

Donehower Last Name Statistics demography

In The United States those bearing the Donehower surname are 17.75% more likely to be registered with the Republican Party than the national average, with 64.52% registered with the party.

Donehower earn notably more than the average income. In United States they earn 21.85% more than the national average, earning $52,576 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
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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 Donehower
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