Dowker Surname

483,673rd
Most Common
surname in the World

Approximately 688 people bear this surname

Most prevalent in:
United States
Highest density in:
Canada

Dowker Surname

The meaning of this surname is not listed.

Dowker Surname Distribution Map

PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
United States2681:1,352,45994,008
England1581:352,64625,413
Canada1551:237,71322,683
Australia921:293,43225,879
South Africa111:4,925,246143,631
Dominican Republic11:10,432,93236,508
Ecuador11:15,905,84650,210
New Zealand11:4,528,32355,372
Thailand11:70,638,3451,175,915
PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
England851:286,76919,769
PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
United States351:1,434,82077,606

Dowker Last Name Facts

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

Dowker is borne by more people in The United States than any other country or territory. It can also be rendered as:. Click here for other possible spellings of this name.

How Common Is The Last Name Dowker? popularity and diffusion

The last name is the 483,673rd most numerous family name throughout the world It is held by approximately 1 in 10,592,363 people. The last name is mostly found in The Americas, where 62 percent of Dowker live; 61 percent live in North America and 61 percent live in Anglo-North America.

This last name is most commonly used in The United States, where it is borne by 268 people, or 1 in 1,352,459. In The United States it is most numerous in: Michigan, where 52 percent are found, Tennessee, where 14 percent are found and Virginia, where 4 percent are found. Apart from The United States this surname exists in 8 countries. It is also found in England, where 23 percent are found and Canada, where 23 percent are found.

Dowker Family Population Trend historical fluctuation

The prevalency of Dowker has changed over time. In The United States the number of people who held the Dowker surname grew 766 percent between 1880 and 2014 and in England it grew 186 percent between 1881 and 2014.

Dowker Last Name Statistics demography

In The United States those holding the Dowker last name are 26.25% more likely to be registered with the Republican Party than The US average, with 73.02% registered to vote for the political party.

The amount Dowker earn in different countries varies greatly. In South Africa they earn 100.75% more than the national average, earning R 477,048 per year; in United States they earn 3.35% less than the national average, earning $41,703 USD per year and in Canada they earn 3.9% more than the national average, earning $51,620 CAD per year.

Phonetically Similar Names

SurnameSimilarityWorldwide IncidencePrevalency
Dawker831/
Duwker831/
Dawkere771/
Dovåker771/
Dowcher770/
Davker676/
Dubker672/
Dufåker6219/
Duvåker626/
Davkher622/
Doufkir622/
Dephker620/
Duvkär503/

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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 Dowker
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