Dunovan Surname

2,843,861st
Most Common
surname in the World

Approximately 47 people bear this surname

Most prevalent in:
United States
Highest density in:
Canada

Dunovan Surname

The meaning of this surname is not listed.

Dunovan Surname Distribution Map

PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
United States411:8,840,462379,649
Canada51:7,369,118289,406
Indonesia11:132,249,194811,426
PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
England431:566,86929,432
Wales271:58,0892,880
Scotland131:287,9409,345
PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
United States1471:341,62426,307

Dunovan (15) may also be a first name.

Dunovan Last Name Facts

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

The last name Dunovan has its highest incidence in The United States. It may occur in the variant forms:. Click here for further possible spellings of this surname.

How Common Is The Last Name Dunovan? popularity and diffusion

The surname is the 2,843,861st most widely held last name in the world, held by around 1 in 155,054,168 people. The surname Dunovan is predominantly found in The Americas, where 98 percent of Dunovan are found; 98 percent are found in North America and 98 percent are found in Anglo-North America. It is also the 2,900,335th most frequent first name worldwide It is held by 15 people.

It is most frequent in The United States, where it is carried by 41 people, or 1 in 8,840,462. In The United States it is mostly found in: Nebraska, where 34 percent live, California, where 22 percent live and Texas, where 17 percent live. Apart from The United States it occurs in 2 countries. It is also common in Canada, where 11 percent live and Indonesia, where 2 percent live.

Dunovan Family Population Trend historical fluctuation

The incidence of Dunovan has changed through the years. In The United States the share of the population with the surname decreased 72 percent between 1880 and 2014.

Dunovan Last Name Statistics demography

In The United States those holding the Dunovan surname are 30.15% more likely to be registered with the Republican Party than The US average, with 76.92% registered with the political party.

The amount Dunovan earn in different countries varies significantly. In United States they earn 14.55% less than the national average, earning $36,870 USD per year and in Canada they earn 43.99% less than the national average, earning $27,828 CAD per year.

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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 Dunovan
  • To find out more about this surname's family history, lookup records on Family​Search, My​Heritage, FindMyPast and Ancestry. Further information may be obtained by DNA analysis