Doverty Surname

2,394,033rd
Most Common
surname in the World

Approximately 64 people bear this surname

Most prevalent in:
Scotland
Highest density in:
Northern Ireland

Doverty Surname

The meaning of this surname is not listed.

Doverty Surname Distribution Map

PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
Scotland241:223,07611,507
Northern Ireland201:92,2525,957
Philippines101:10,123,822213,993
Singapore41:1,376,92628,409
England31:18,572,686338,250
Australia11:26,995,701270,794
South Africa11:54,177,704343,732
United States11:362,458,9331,988,048
PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
Scotland31:1,247,73924,719
PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
United States11:50,218,684817,899

Doverty Last Name Facts

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

The surname Doverty is held by more people in Scotland than any other country or territory. It may be found in the variant forms:. For other possible spellings of this surname click here.

How Common Is The Last Name Doverty? popularity and diffusion

The surname is the 2,394,033rd most numerous family name worldwide It is held by around 1 in 113,867,905 people. The surname occurs mostly in Europe, where 73 percent of Doverty reside; 73 percent reside in Northern Europe and 73 percent reside in British Isles.

It is most widespread in Scotland, where it is carried by 24 people, or 1 in 223,076. In Scotland it is most prevalent in: Aberdeenshire, where 33 percent are found, Aberdeen City, where 29 percent are found and Glasgow City, where 17 percent are found. Without taking into account Scotland this surname exists in 7 countries. It is also common in Northern Ireland, where 31 percent are found and The Philippines, where 16 percent are found.

Doverty Family Population Trend historical fluctuation

The incidence of Doverty has changed over time. In Scotland the share of the population with the last name grew 800 percent between 1881 and 2014.

Phonetically Similar Names

SurnameSimilarityWorldwide IncidencePrevalency
Doverte86685/
Dowerty863/
Doverti861/
Dovertie806/
Dowherty801/
Doberti71149/
Doberte7132/
Daverte712/
Daverti711/
Dawerty710/
Dawgerty671/
D'Oberti671/
Daverttee630/
Daberte5720/
Daberti575/
Dawerte571/

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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 Doverty
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