Douwes Surname
Approximately 1,591 people bear this surname
Douwes Surname Distribution Map
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| Netherlands | 1,294 | 1:13,050 | 1,900 |
| United States | 116 | 1:3,124,646 | 180,867 |
| Canada | 51 | 1:722,463 | 57,796 |
| South Africa | 48 | 1:1,128,702 | 66,097 |
| Germany | 45 | 1:1,789,010 | 101,917 |
| Australia | 10 | 1:2,699,570 | 109,631 |
| Switzerland | 7 | 1:1,173,274 | 69,697 |
| Belgium | 3 | 1:3,832,215 | 117,288 |
| Indonesia | 2 | 1:66,124,597 | 756,638 |
| Romania | 2 | 1:10,038,935 | 80,612 |
| Thailand | 2 | 1:35,319,172 | 966,191 |
| France | 2 | 1:33,211,361 | 423,184 |
| Mexico | 1 | 1:124,126,205 | 103,776 |
| New Zealand | 1 | 1:4,528,323 | 55,372 |
| Russia | 1 | 1:144,123,056 | 881,408 |
| Scotland | 1 | 1:5,353,817 | 63,002 |
| Iceland | 1 | 1:380,090 | 11,096 |
| Spain | 1 | 1:46,752,036 | 156,870 |
| Hungary | 1 | 1:9,816,277 | 73,288 |
| United Arab Emirates | 1 | 1:9,162,273 | 135,437 |
| England | 1 | 1:55,718,059 | 489,080 |
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| United States | 3 | 1:16,739,561 | 595,711 |
Douwes (33) may also be a first name.
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Douwes Last Name Facts
Where Does The Last Name Douwes Come From? nationality or country of origin
Douwes is found most in The Netherlands. It may be found as:. For other potential spellings of this last name click here.
How Common Is The Last Name Douwes? popularity and diffusion
This surname is the 249,495th most widely held family name internationally It is held by around 1 in 4,580,481 people. It occurs predominantly in Europe, where 85 percent of Douwes are found; 85 percent are found in Western Europe and 85 percent are found in Germanic Europe. It is also the 1,807,719th most common first name globally, held by 33 people.
Douwes is most prevalent in The Netherlands, where it is carried by 1,294 people, or 1 in 13,050. In The Netherlands it is mostly concentrated in: North Holland, where 22 percent are found, South Holland, where 14 percent are found and Drenthe, where 12 percent are found. Apart from The Netherlands this last name occurs in 20 countries. It is also found in The United States, where 7 percent are found and Canada, where 3 percent are found.
Douwes Family Population Trend historical fluctuation
The incidence of Douwes has changed over time. In The United States the share of the population with the surname rose 3,867 percent between 1880 and 2014.
Douwes Last Name Statistics demography
In The United States those bearing the Douwes last name are 19.9% more likely to be registered Republicans than The US average, with 66.67% being registered to vote for the party.
The amount Douwes earn in different countries varies greatly. In South Africa they earn 95% more than the national average, earning R 463,404 per year; in United States they earn 30.21% more than the national average, earning $56,185 USD per year and in Canada they earn 14.19% more than the national average, earning $56,732 CAD 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 Douwes
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