Dowerk Surname

8,968,613th
Most Common
surname in the World

Approximately 4 people bear this surname

Most prevalent in:
Germany
Highest density in:
Germany

Dowerk Surname

The meaning of this surname is not listed.

Dowerk Surname Distribution Map

PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
Germany31:26,835,153452,368
Canada11:36,845,591464,108

Dowerk (5) may also be a first name.

Dowerk Last Name Facts

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

The last name Dowerk is found most frequently in Germany. It can be found in the variant forms:. For other possible spellings of Dowerk click here.

How Common Is The Last Name Dowerk? popularity and diffusion

The last name is the 8,968,613th most widely held family name in the world, borne by around 1 in 1,821,886,479 people. The last name Dowerk occurs mostly in Europe, where 75 percent of Dowerk live; 75 percent live in Western Europe and 75 percent live in Germanic Europe. Dowerk is also the 5,493,085th most frequent first name on earth, held by 5 people.

This surname is most frequently held in Germany, where it is held by 3 people, or 1 in 26,835,153. In Germany Dowerk is most numerous in: Lower Saxony, where 33 percent are found. Apart from Germany it exists in one country. It is also found in Canada, where 25 percent are found.

Phonetically Similar Names

SurnameSimilarityWorldwide IncidencePrevalency
Doerk91387/
Dowerg8382/
Doerck8321/
Dewerk8320/
Dowark830/
Doberck7777/
Dierk73307/
Duerk73245/
Deark7368/
Dourk732/
Deerk731/
Dyerk731/
Deirk730/
Doverg6714/
Dework6710/
Devork679/
Doberg675/
Deyork673/
Deirks673/
Dewark672/
Deehrk671/
Deerkh671/
Dourkh671/
Dayerk671/
Dearck671/
Deirkh671/
Dourke671/
Deirke671/
Duerck670/
Dearks670/

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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 Dowerk
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