Dowas Surname

4,116,508th
Most Common
surname in the World

Approximately 23 people bear this surname

Most prevalent in:
United States
Highest density in:
Austria

Dowas Surname

The meaning of this surname is not listed.

Dowas Surname Distribution Map

PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
United States91:40,273,215872,126
Austria81:1,064,42975,134
England31:18,572,686338,250
Papua New Guinea11:8,153,717181,784
Poland11:38,008,749231,653
Saudi Arabia11:30,855,81763,028
PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
Ireland31:1,476,62229,385
PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
England121:2,031,28160,933
PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
United States11:50,218,684817,899

Dowas Last Name Facts

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

Dowas has its highest incidence in The United States. It can also be found as:. For other possible spellings of this last name click here.

How Common Is The Last Name Dowas? popularity and diffusion

It is the 4,116,508th most widely held family name in the world. It is borne by around 1 in 316,849,822 people. This last name is mostly found in Europe, where 52 percent of Dowas live; 39 percent live in North America and 39 percent live in Anglo-North America.

Dowas is most frequently used in The United States, where it is held by 9 people, or 1 in 40,273,215. In The United States Dowas is most numerous in: Missouri, where 78 percent are found and Wisconsin, where 22 percent are found. Besides The United States this last name occurs in 5 countries. It is also common in Austria, where 35 percent are found and England, where 13 percent are found.

Dowas Family Population Trend historical fluctuation

The incidence of Dowas has changed through the years. In The United States the number of people who held the Dowas surname expanded 900 percent between 1880 and 2014 and in England it decreased 75 percent between 1881 and 2014.

Dowas Last Name Statistics demography

The religious devotion of those carrying the last name is predominantly Catholic (100%) in Ireland.

Phonetically Similar Names

SurnameSimilarityWorldwide IncidencePrevalency
Dowais91203/
Dowgas914/
Dowase911/
Dowaus910/
Dowease830/
Dawas807,762/
Dewas80506/
Dovas80400/
Dobas80113/
Duwas8011/
Dowos809/
Doowuase771/
Dawwas73626/
Dawash73439/
Dobash73315/
Dhawas73252/
Douvas73132/
Dovhas7357/
Dawase7348/
Doubas7326/
Dowhos7319/
Dawhas7315/
Dobeas7315/
Dovgas7314/
Dawass739/
Dovash739/
Dobasz739/
Daways737/
Doveas735/
Dawais735/
Doovas734/
Duwase734/
Duwais734/
Dovais733/
Dewass732/
Dawasj732/
Dewash731/
Dobass731/
Dobais731/
Dovajs731/
Douwaz731/
Doweis731/
Dewais731/
Dowace731/
Dovass731/
Deweas731/
Dewaas731/
Deewas730/
Dovhash67114/
Dewasch6770/
Dhawase6765/
Douveas6731/
Dovgash6722/
Duwahas6721/
Dobaash6719/
Dosvais6713/
Dawaish675/
Dhovase674/
Dahwash673/
Doyveas671/
Doweish671/
Dawasse671/
Doobash671/
Dovgaus671/
Dohbash671/
Dovhaus671/
Duwaish671/

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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 Dowas
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