Downly Surname

11,742,229th
Most Common
surname in the World

Approximately 2 people bear this surname

Most prevalent in:
South Africa
Highest density in:
South Africa

Downly Surname

The meaning of this surname is not listed.

Downly Surname Distribution Map

PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
South Africa11:54,177,704343,732
United States11:362,458,9331,988,048
PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
Ireland11:4,429,86640,727
PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
England51:4,875,074116,529
PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
United States31:16,739,561595,711

Downly Last Name Facts

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

The last name Downly is most common in South Africa. It can appear in the variant forms:. Click here for further potential spellings of this name.

How Common Is The Last Name Downly? popularity and diffusion

This last name is the 11,742,229th most frequently used family name throughout the world It is held by approximately 1 in 2,147,483,647 people. This last name is primarily found in Africa, where 50 percent of Downly live; 50 percent live in Southern Africa and 50 percent live in South Bantu Africa.

This last name is most commonly held in South Africa, where it is carried by 1 people, or 1 in 54,177,704. In South Africa Downly is mostly concentrated in: KwaZulu-Natal, where 100 percent are found. Besides South Africa this surname occurs in one country. It is also common in The United States, where 50 percent are found.

Downly Family Population Trend historical fluctuation

The prevalency of Downly has changed through the years. In The United States the number of people bearing the Downly last name decreased 67 percent between 1880 and 2014.

Downly Last Name Statistics demography

The religious devotion of those bearing the Downly last name is principally Catholic (100%) in Ireland.

Phonetically Similar Names

SurnameSimilarityWorldwide IncidencePrevalency
Downley928/
Downlay920/
Downelly863/
Dawnly833/
Downlee771/
Downles771/
Downler771/
Downless711/
Dawnelle574/
Dawnille571/
Dawnielle532/

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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
  • Heatmap: Dark red means there is a higher occurrence of the name, transitioning to light yellow signifies a progressively lower occurrence. Clicking on selected countries will show mapping at a regional level
  • 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 Downly
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