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 Religious Adherence
in Ireland
Religious Adherence
in Ireland
Dovie Last Name Facts
Where Does The Last Name Dovie Come From? nationality or country of origin
The surname Dovie is borne by more people in Ghana than any other country/territory. It can be rendered as:. Click here to see other potential spellings of Dovie.
How Common Is The Last Name Dovie? popularity and diffusion
This last name is the 576,965th most frequently held surname on a worldwide basis, borne by approximately 1 in 13,371,644 people. The surname Dovie occurs predominantly in Africa, where 83 percent of Dovie live; 81 percent live in West Africa and 81 percent live in Atlantic-Niger Africa. It is also the 100,644th most commonly occurring first name on earth, borne by 4,641 people.
This last name is most widespread in Ghana, where it is borne by 416 people, or 1 in 64,954. Barring Ghana Dovie exists in 10 countries. It is also common in The United States, where 16 percent reside and Nigeria, where 4 percent reside.
Dovie Family Population Trend historical fluctuation
The occurrence of Dovie has changed through the years. In The United States the number of people bearing the Dovie surname rose 258 percent between 1880 and 2014.
Dovie Last Name Statistics demography
The religious devotion of those holding the Dovie surname is principally Methodist (100%) in Ireland.
In The United States those holding the Dovie surname are 19.9% more likely to be registered with the Republican Party than the national average, with 66.67% being registered with 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.
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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 Dovie
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