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The DAWE surname in the USA

Frequency Comparisons
Total Rank Frequency % Per million people
United States
United States (Current snapshot) 1,599 16540 0.001 6
United States (1880 census) 193 19842 0 4
Change since 1880 +1406 +3302 +N/A +2
Other Countries
Australia 846 1935 0.005 52
United Kingdom 2,938 2105 0.006 64
Top States for DAWE by Total
State Total Rank in State Frequency % Per million people
Michigan 212 5107 0.002 21
California 147 14905 0.000 4
Massachusetts 116 6300 0.002 18
Florida 95 16075 0.001 6
Pennsylvania 79 16317 0.001 6
Top States for DAWE by Frequency
State Total Rank in State Frequency % Per million people
New Hampshire 38 3999 0.003 31
Delaware 21 5809 0.003 27
Maine 31 4859 0.002 24
Michigan 212 5107 0.002 21
Massachusetts 116 6300 0.002 18

Notes

'A figure of zero indicates that we don't have data for this name (usually because it's quite uncommon and our stats don't go down that far). It doesn't mean that there's no-one with that name at all!

For less common surnames, the figures get progressively less reliable the fewer holders of that name there are. This data is aggregated from several public lists, and some stats are interpolated from known values. The margin of error is well over 100% at the rarest end of the table!

For less common surnames, the frequency and "per million" values may be 0 even though there are people with that name. That's because they represent less than one in a million of the population, which ends up as 0 after rounding.

It's possible for a surname to gain in rank and/or total while being less common per million people (or vice versa) as there are now more surnames in the USA as a result of immigration. In mathematical terms, the tail has got longer, with a far larger number of less common surnames.

Figures for top states show firstly the states where most people called DAWE live. This obviously tends to be biased towards the most populous states. The second set of figures show where people called DAWE represent the biggest proportion of the population. So, in this case, there are more people called DAWE in Michigan than any other state, but you are more likely to find a DAWE by picking someone at random in New Hampshire than anywhere else.

Classification and Origin of DAWE

Region of origin: British Isles

Country of origin: England

Language of origin: English

Ethnic origin: English

Religious origin: Christian

Name derivation: From given name or forename

Data for religion and/or language relates to the culture in which the DAWE surname originated. It does not necessarily have any correlation with the language spoken, or religion practised, by the majority of current American citizens with that name.

Data for ethnic origin relates to the region and country in which the DAWE surname originated. It does not necessarily have any correlation with the ethnicity of the majority of current American citizens with that name.

Ethnic distribution of DAWE in the USA

Classification Total Percent
Mixed Race 28 1.75
White (Hispanic) 27 1.69
Black/African American 26 1.63
Asian/Pacific 20 1.25
Native American/Alaskan 10 0.63
White (Caucasian) 1,488 93.06

Ethnic distribution data shows the number and percentage of people with the DAWE surname who reported their ethnic background as being in these broad categories in the most recent national census.

Meaning of DAWE in historical publications

DAWE. DAWES. DAWS. See David.

Lower, Mark A (1860) Patronymica Britannica: a dictionary of the family names of the United Kingdom. London: J.R. Smith. Public Domain.


Similar names to DAWE

The following names have similar spellings or pronunciations as DAWE.

This does not necessarily imply a direct relationship between the names, but may indicate names that could be mistaken for this one when written down or misheard.

Matches are generated automatically by a combination of Soundex, Metaphone and Levenshtein matching.

Potential typos for DAWE

The following words are slight variants of DAWE that are likely to be possible typos or misspellings in written material.