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 found most frequently in Ghana. It may be rendered as:. Click here to see other possible spellings of Dovie.
How Common Is The Last Name Dovie? popularity and diffusion
The surname Dovie is the 576,965th most commonly held surname world-wide. It is borne by approximately 1 in 13,371,644 people. The surname 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 frequently held first name throughout the world, held by 4,641 people.
The surname is most frequently occurring in Ghana, where it is held by 416 people, or 1 in 64,954. Aside from Ghana Dovie occurs in 10 countries. It also occurs in The United States, where 16 percent reside and Nigeria, where 4 percent reside.
Dovie Family Population Trend historical fluctuation
The incidence of Dovie has changed over time. In The United States the number of people carrying the Dovie last name increased 258 percent between 1880 and 2014.
Dovie Last Name Statistics demography
The religious adherence of those holding the Dovie last name is chiefly Methodist (100%) in Ireland.
In The United States those bearing 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 political 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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