Dovson Surname

7,117,718th
Most Common
surname in the World

Approximately 7 people bear this surname

Most prevalent in:
Philippines
Highest density in:
Belarus

Dovson Surname

The meaning of this surname is not listed.

Dovson Surname Distribution Map

PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
Philippines31:33,746,074302,898
United States21:181,229,4661,556,795
Belarus11:9,501,059159,228
Russia11:144,123,056881,408

Dovson Last Name Facts

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

The last name Dovson (Russian: Довсон) occurs in The Philippines more than any other country/territory. It can be rendered as a variant:. Click here to see other potential spellings of this name.

How Common Is The Last Name Dovson? popularity and diffusion

The surname Dovson is the 7,117,718th most widely held family name worldwide. It is borne by approximately 1 in 1,041,077,988 people. This last name is primarily found in Asia, where 43 percent of Dovson reside; 43 percent reside in Southeast Asia and 43 percent reside in Fil-Southeast Asia.

The last name Dovson is most commonly used in The Philippines, where it is borne by 3 people, or 1 in 33,746,074. In The Philippines it is most common in: Calabarzon, where 67 percent reside and National Capital Region, where 33 percent reside. Excluding The Philippines this last name is found in 3 countries. It also occurs in The United States, where 29 percent reside and Belarus, where 14 percent reside.

Phonetically Similar Names

SurnameSimilarityWorldwide IncidencePrevalency
Dobson8368,203/
Dowson835,880/
Dopson832,437/
Davson83250/
Dofson833/
Dovsan831/
Dovsen830/
Dovshan7754/
Davsson778/
Davsion777/
Dowsson772/
Doubson772/
Dowsong771/
Dobsonc771/
Dobsoon771/
Dotfson771/
Dobsonn771/
Dobsomn770/
Dobsone770/
Doopson770/
D'Hobson711/
Dawson67214,861/
Dabson67391/
Dapson67272/
Dowsen6750/
Dobsan6713/
Dobsen679/
Dowsan677/
Dobsom676/
Dowsom674/
Dovzan673/
Davsan672/
Davsom672/
Dopsan672/
Dowzon671/
Dopsom671/
Dowxon671/
Davzon671/
Dofsan670/
Dopsen670/

Dovson Name Transliterations

TransliterationICU LatinPercentage of Incidence
Dovson in the Russian language
Довсонdovson-

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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 Dovson
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