Dovens Surname
Approximately 51 people bear this surname
Dovens Surname Distribution Map
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| Netherlands | 44 | 1:383,799 | 41,363 |
| United States | 6 | 1:60,409,822 | 1,028,827 |
| Thailand | 1 | 1:70,638,345 | 1,175,915 |
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| United States | 7 | 1:7,174,098 | 302,835 |
Dovens Last Name Facts
Where Does The Last Name Dovens Come From? nationality or country of origin
The surname Dovens is more commonly found in The Netherlands than any other country/territory. It can be rendered as:. Click here for other possible spellings of this last name.
How Common Is The Last Name Dovens? popularity and diffusion
The last name is the 2,718,172nd most commonly used last name on a global scale, held by around 1 in 142,893,057 people. It is predominantly found in Europe, where 86 percent of Dovens live; 86 percent live in Western Europe and 86 percent live in Germanic Europe.
This last name is most frequently used in The Netherlands, where it is carried by 44 people, or 1 in 383,799. In The Netherlands it is mostly concentrated in: North Brabant, where 84 percent live, Limburg, where 14 percent live and Flevoland, where 2 percent live. Other than The Netherlands Dovens is found in 2 countries. It is also common in The United States, where 12 percent live and Thailand, where 2 percent live.
Dovens Family Population Trend historical fluctuation
The prevalency of Dovens has changed through the years. In The United States the number of people who held the Dovens last name decreased 14 percent between 1880 and 2014.
Phonetically Similar Names
| Surname | Similarity | Worldwide Incidence | Prevalency |
|---|---|---|---|
| Devens | 83 | 1,880 | / |
| Dowens | 83 | 187 | / |
| Davens | 83 | 7 | / |
| Dovans | 83 | 1 | / |
| Dovyns | 83 | 1 | / |
| Dovins | 83 | 1 | / |
| Dovons | 83 | 0 | / |
| Deveans | 77 | 42 | / |
| Duivens | 77 | 25 | / |
| D'Owens | 77 | 3 | / |
| Dowhens | 77 | 1 | / |
| Deviens | 77 | 1 | / |
| Douvans | 77 | 0 | / |
| Devins | 67 | 1,882 | / |
| Devans | 67 | 146 | / |
| Devenz | 67 | 134 | / |
| Davans | 67 | 130 | / |
| Davins | 67 | 115 | / |
| Devons | 67 | 42 | / |
| Dewans | 67 | 8 | / |
| Dowans | 67 | 3 | / |
| Dawens | 67 | 3 | / |
| Dowjns | 67 | 1 | / |
| Dowons | 67 | 1 | / |
| Davons | 67 | 0 | / |
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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 Dovens
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