Doowd Surname

8,968,613th
Most Common
surname in the World

Approximately 4 people bear this surname

Most prevalent in:
Canada
Highest density in:
Canada

Doowd Surname

The meaning of this surname is not listed.

Doowd Surname Distribution Map

PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
Canada21:18,422,796409,488
Egypt11:91,935,754132,737
England11:55,718,059489,080
PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
Ireland11:4,429,86640,727

Doowd Last Name Facts

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

The last name Doowd occurs most in Canada. It can be rendered as a variant:. For other possible spellings of Doowd click here.

How Common Is The Last Name Doowd? popularity and diffusion

This surname is the 8,968,613th most commonly occurring family name on a global scale. It is borne by around 1 in 1,821,886,479 people. The last name is primarily found in The Americas, where 50 percent of Doowd reside; 50 percent reside in North America and 50 percent reside in Anglo-North America.

It is most commonly used in Canada, where it is held by 2 people, or 1 in 18,422,796. In Canada Doowd is primarily concentrated in: Ontario, where 100 percent live. Not including Canada it occurs in 2 countries. It also occurs in Egypt, where 25 percent live and England, where 25 percent live.

Doowd Last Name Statistics demography

The religious adherence of those bearing the Doowd last name is chiefly Catholic (100%) in Ireland.

Phonetically Similar Names

SurnameSimilarityWorldwide IncidencePrevalency
Dowd8928,272/
Douwd802/
Dowdd800/
Douwds7318/
Dowdds730/
Dawd6713,127/
Dowt671/
Duwd671/
Dawwd60154/
Dauwd6016/
Daawd602/
Dofdp601/
Dawds600/
Doived551/
D'Houwt504/

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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 Doowd
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