Dowdells Surname

3,882,373rd
Most Common
surname in the World

Approximately 26 people bear this surname

Most prevalent in:
Scotland
Highest density in:
Scotland

Dowdells Surname

The meaning of this surname is not listed.

Dowdells Surname Distribution Map

PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
Scotland211:254,94412,577
Wales31:1,031,51134,732
England11:55,718,059489,080
United States11:362,458,9331,988,048

Dowdells Last Name Facts

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

Dowdells is carried by more people in Scotland than any other country or territory. It can also occur as:. Click here to see other potential spellings of Dowdells.

How Common Is The Last Name Dowdells? popularity and diffusion

The last name is the 3,882,373rd most frequently held family name worldwide It is held by approximately 1 in 280,290,228 people. The surname is predominantly found in Europe, where 96 percent of Dowdells are found; 96 percent are found in Northern Europe and 96 percent are found in British Isles.

This last name is most widespread in Scotland, where it is held by 21 people, or 1 in 254,944. In Scotland Dowdells is mostly concentrated in: South Lanarkshire, where 48 percent live, Glasgow City, where 19 percent live and North Ayrshire, where 19 percent live. Without taking into account Scotland Dowdells exists in 3 countries. It is also found in Wales, where 12 percent live and England, where 4 percent live.

Phonetically Similar Names

SurnameSimilarityWorldwide IncidencePrevalency
Dowdels930/
Dowdalls8885/
Dodelles881/
Dodels867/
Dowdles80101/
Dodeles8026/
Dodd Ellis781/
Dotellos7510/
Dotellis752/
Dowdales751/
Diodelis751/
Dedellis751/
Doudalls751/
Tidwells751/
Todellis751/
Dedelles751/
Dewidels751/
Deodelis751/
Diodeles751/
Didelles751/
Dedels71192/
Dottellis7173/
Dudels714/
Dowdaliss712/
Dodlas711/
Tidewells711/
Dodles711/
Dadels711/
Dideles67415/
Dedeles67255/
Dedelis67240/
Dudelis6735/
Didelis6724/
Doodles6717/
Doudlas6710/
Doddles679/
Dodilis679/
Dudelas678/
Tadells671/
Dadelus671/
Dedelas671/
Doudals671/
Dēdelis671/
Todelis671/
de Dels671/
Doteles671/
Todd-Ellis671/
Dedelos671/
Didelus670/

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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 Dowdells
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