Dovaston Surname

523,789th
Most Common
surname in the World

Approximately 620 people bear this surname

Most prevalent in:
England
Highest density in:
Australia

Dovaston Surname

The meaning of this surname is not listed.

Dovaston Surname Distribution Map

PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
England2781:200,42517,512
Australia2741:98,52411,165
New Zealand241:188,68019,801
Canada151:2,456,373146,130
United States101:36,245,893832,629
Scotland61:892,30328,047
Wales61:515,75523,171
South Africa51:10,835,541204,227
Malaysia11:29,494,225409,885
Spain11:46,752,036156,870
PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
England911:267,86118,927
Wales71:224,0598,079

Dovaston Last Name Facts

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

The last name Dovaston is found most in England. It can be rendered as a variant:. For other possible spellings of this name click here.

How Common Is The Last Name Dovaston? popularity and diffusion

Dovaston is the 523,789th most commonly used family name world-wide, borne by around 1 in 11,754,106 people. The last name occurs mostly in Oceania, where 48 percent of Dovaston reside; 48 percent reside in Australasia and 48 percent reside in Australia and New Zealand.

The surname Dovaston is most frequent in England, where it is borne by 278 people, or 1 in 200,425. In England Dovaston is most frequent in: Shropshire, where 29 percent reside, Durham, where 12 percent reside and Essex, where 7 percent reside. Barring England this surname occurs in 9 countries. It is also found in Australia, where 44 percent reside and New Zealand, where 4 percent reside.

Dovaston Family Population Trend historical fluctuation

The prevalency of Dovaston has changed over time. In England the number of people bearing the Dovaston surname expanded 305 percent between 1881 and 2014 and in Wales it fell 14 percent between 1881 and 2014.

Dovaston Last Name Statistics demography

The amount Dovaston earn in different countries varies greatly. In United States they earn 11.53% more than the national average, earning $48,125 USD per year and in Canada they earn 95.07% more than the national average, earning $96,915 CAD per year.

Phonetically Similar Names

SurnameSimilarityWorldwide IncidencePrevalency
Doveaston9413/
Doveston88118/
Devaston8813/
Davaston880/
Dowaton800/
Davastan750/
Devasthan711/
Dawaton671,048/
Davatan673/
Dowatan673/
Dabaton672/
Daawaton631/
Dahuathon59151/
Dawatan53759/
Dawotan537/
Dabatan531/
Davatam531/

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Dovaston Reference & Research

DOVASTON Surname DNA FamilyTree DNA Project - A description of a group researching the paternal lines of men who bear the surname with the help of DNA analysis.

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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 Dovaston
  • To find out more about this surname's family history, lookup records on Family​Search, My​Heritage, FindMyPast and Ancestry. Further information may be obtained by DNA analysis