Dovie Surname
Approximately 545 people bear this surname
Dovie Surname Distribution Map
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| Ghana | 416 | 1:64,954 | 6,785 |
| United States | 85 | 1:4,264,223 | 227,504 |
| Nigeria | 22 | 1:8,051,944 | 174,166 |
| Zimbabwe | 12 | 1:1,286,520 | 73,455 |
| England | 3 | 1:18,572,686 | 338,250 |
| India | 2 | 1:383,532,691 | 1,645,216 |
| Bangladesh | 1 | 1:159,356,773 | 26,077 |
| Benin | 1 | 1:10,335,602 | 103,742 |
| Canada | 1 | 1:36,845,591 | 464,108 |
| Kenya | 1 | 1:46,179,900 | 103,372 |
| Papua New Guinea | 1 | 1:8,153,717 | 181,784 |
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| Ireland | 7 | 1:632,838 | 19,259 |
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| Scotland | 1 | 1:3,743,216 | 32,299 |
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| United States | 33 | 1:1,521,778 | 81,120 |
Dovie (4,641) may also be a first name.
Dovie Demographics
Dovie Political Affiliation
in United States
United States
Average
Dovie Last Name Facts
Where Does The Last Name Dovie Come From? nationality or country of origin
The surname Dovie is more commonly found in Ghana than any other country or territory. It may also be rendered in the variant forms:. For other potential spellings of this surname click here.
How Common Is The Last Name Dovie? popularity and diffusion
It is the 576,965th most frequently held surname internationally It is held by around 1 in 13,371,644 people. The last name occurs mostly in Africa, where 83 percent of Dovie live; 81 percent live in West Africa and 81 percent live in Atlantic-Niger Africa. Dovie is also the 100,644th most numerous first name internationally, held by 4,641 people.
This surname is most prevalent in Ghana, where it is carried by 416 people, or 1 in 64,954. Aside from Ghana this last name exists in 10 countries. It also occurs in The United States, where 16 percent live and Nigeria, where 4 percent live.
Dovie Family Population Trend historical fluctuation
The prevalency of Dovie has changed over time. In The United States the number of people who held the Dovie surname grew 258 percent between 1880 and 2014.
Dovie Last Name Statistics demography
The religious adherence of those bearing the last name is principally Methodist (100%) in Ireland.
In The United States those holding the Dovie last name are 19.9% more likely to be registered Republicans than the national average, with 66.67% registered to vote for the party.
Dovie earn somewhat less than the average income. In United States they earn 14.04% less than the national average, earning $37,092 USD per year.
Phonetically Similar Names
Search for Another Surname
The name statistics are still in development, sign up for information on more maps and data
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 Dovie
- To find out more about this surname's family history, lookup records on FamilySearch, MyHeritage, FindMyPast and Ancestry. Further information may be obtained by DNA analysis