Dooks Surname

692,305th
Most Common
surname in the World

Approximately 427 people bear this surname

Most prevalent in:
Canada
Highest density in:
Jersey

Dooks Surname

The meaning of this surname is not listed.

Dooks Surname Distribution Map

PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
Canada2211:166,72216,788
England821:679,48938,951
Israel621:138,02614,788
South Africa341:1,593,46280,086
United States151:24,163,929685,360
Scotland41:1,338,45435,497
Jersey31:33,0674,675
Mauritius21:646,70813,517
Northern Ireland11:1,845,03620,648
Russia11:144,123,056881,408
Trinidad and Tobago11:1,363,97522,013
United Arab Emirates11:9,162,273135,437
PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
England431:566,86929,432
PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
United States71:7,174,098302,835

Dooks Last Name Facts

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

Dooks occurs in Canada more than any other country/territory. It may also appear as:. Click here for further potential spellings of this surname.

How Common Is The Last Name Dooks? popularity and diffusion

This last name is the 692,305th most common family name on a worldwide basis, borne by approximately 1 in 17,066,852 people. The surname is predominantly found in The Americas, where 56 percent of Dooks live; 55 percent live in North America and 55 percent live in Anglo-North America.

This surname is most common in Canada, where it is borne by 221 people, or 1 in 166,722. In Canada Dooks is most numerous in: Nova Scotia, where 43 percent reside, Ontario, where 22 percent reside and British Columbia, where 21 percent reside. Not including Canada this surname occurs in 11 countries. It is also found in England, where 19 percent reside and Israel, where 15 percent reside.

Dooks Family Population Trend historical fluctuation

The prevalency of Dooks has changed through the years. In England the share of the population with the surname rose 191 percent between 1881 and 2014 and in The United States it rose 214 percent between 1880 and 2014.

Dooks Last Name Statistics demography

In The United States those holding the Dooks last name are 10.37% more likely to be registered Republicans than the national average, with 57.14% registered with the political party.

The amount Dooks earn in different countries varies greatly. In South Africa they earn 85.46% more than the national average, earning R 440,724 per year; in United States they earn 32.12% less than the national average, earning $29,288 USD per year and in Canada they earn 10.77% less than the national average, earning $44,331 CAD per year.

Phonetically Similar Names

SurnameSimilarityWorldwide IncidencePrevalency
Dooksh919/
Doks8938/
Doksh80427/
Doogs80175/
Docks80165/
Dokse8016/
Doeks803/
Dhokse7313/
Dookch739/
Doecks736/
Duks67422/
Daks67290/
Dogs6787/
Doksova6726/
Dhokshe6718/
Dokz672/
Doqs671/
Dokx671/
Doxs671/
Dosx671/

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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 Dooks
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