Doverby Surname

6,063,924th
Most Common
surname in the World

Approximately 10 people bear this surname

Most prevalent in:
Norway
Highest density in:
Norway

Doverby Surname

The meaning of this surname is not listed.

Doverby Surname Distribution Map

PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
Norway41:1,285,57269,185
United States41:90,614,7331,198,479
Sweden21:4,923,378241,212

Doverby Last Name Facts

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

The last name Doverby is more commonly found in Norway than any other country/territory. It can also be rendered as:. For other possible spellings of this surname click here.

How Common Is The Last Name Doverby? popularity and diffusion

Doverby is the 6,063,924th most frequently occurring family name on a worldwide basis, borne by around 1 in 728,754,592 people. The last name occurs predominantly in Europe, where 60 percent of Doverby are found; 60 percent are found in Northern Europe and 60 percent are found in Scandinavia.

The last name is most commonly occurring in Norway, where it is carried by 4 people, or 1 in 1,285,572. In Norway it is most prevalent in: Eastern Norway, where 100 percent live. Apart from Norway it exists in 2 countries. It also occurs in The United States, where 40 percent live and Sweden, where 20 percent live.

Phonetically Similar Names

SurnameSimilarityWorldwide IncidencePrevalency
Doverba861/
Deverbi711/
Daverber6761/
Daverwey671/
Douberba671/
Dewerbe5760/
Doberva5747/
Davarbi572/
Dowerwa571/
Devarbai531/
Dobervich5068/

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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 Doverby
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