Douglas-Home Surname

3,323,005th
Most Common
surname in the World

Approximately 35 people bear this surname

Most prevalent in:
England
Highest density in:
Scotland

Douglas-Home Surname

For the meaning of this name, see: Douglas & Home.

The meaning of this surname is not listed.

DNA test information

Douglas-Home Surname Distribution Map

By incidenceBy frequencyBy rank
Incidence (high to low)Incidence (low to high)Alphabetic A-ZAlphabetic Z-ARank (high to low)Rank (low to high)
PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
England241:2,321,58686,519
Scotland101:535,38220,332
United States11:362,458,9331,988,048
PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
Scotland81:467,90212,875

Douglas-Home Last Name Facts

Where Does The Last Name Douglas-Home Come From? nationality or country of origin

The surname Douglas-Home occurs in England more than any other country or territory. It may appear as a variant:. For other possible spellings of Douglas-Home click here.

How Common Is The Last Name Douglas-Home? popularity and diffusion

The surname Douglas-Home is the 3,323,005th most frequently used surname worldwide, held by approximately 1 in 208,215,598 people. The surname is primarily found in Europe, where 97 percent of Douglas-Home live; 97 percent live in Northern Europe and 97 percent live in British Isles.

Douglas-Home is most prevalent in England, where it is carried by 24 people, or 1 in 2,321,586. In England Douglas-Home is most frequent in: Greater London, where 83 percent are found, Somerset, where 8 percent are found and Norfolk, where 4 percent are found. Aside from England this last name is found in 2 countries. It is also found in Scotland, where 29 percent are found and The United States, where 3 percent are found.

Douglas-Home Family Population Trend historical fluctuation

The occurrence of Douglas-Home has changed through the years. In Scotland the number of people carrying the Douglas-Home last name rose 125 percent between 1881 and 2014.

Phonetically Similar Names

Incidence (high to low)Incidence (low to high)Alphabetic A-ZAlphabetic Z-ASimilarity (high to low)Similarity (low to high)Prevalent jurisdiction A-ZPrevalent jurisdiction Z-A
SurnameSimilarityWorldwide IncidencePrevalency
Douglas Home926/
Dagalasam571/
Dokalasmo571/
do Kailasam521/

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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 Douglas-Home
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