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The DOWERS surname in the USA

Frequency Comparisons
Total Rank Frequency % Per million people
United States
United States (Current snapshot) 877 26215 0 3
United States (1880 census) 112 29184 0 2
Change since 1880 +765 +2969 +N/A +1
Other Countries
Australia 36 33335 0 2
United Kingdom 182 17402 0 4
Top States for DOWERS by Total
State Total Rank in State Frequency % Per million people
Ohio 121 10398 0.001 11
Indiana 97 7201 0.002 16
Louisiana 67 6928 0.001 15
Illinois 61 20554 0.000 5
Oregon 55 7395 0.002 16
Top States for DOWERS by Frequency
State Total Rank in State Frequency % Per million people
Oregon 55 7395 0.002 16
Indiana 97 7201 0.002 16
Idaho 20 8432 0.002 15
Louisiana 67 6928 0.001 15
Ohio 121 10398 0.001 11

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

Classification and Origin of DOWERS

Region of origin: British Isles

Country of origin: England

Language of origin: English

Ethnic origin: English

Religious origin: Christian

Data for religion and/or language relates to the culture in which the DOWERS 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 DOWERS 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 DOWERS in the USA

Classification Total Percent
White (Caucasian) 750 85.52
Black/African American 87 9.92
Mixed Race 18 2.05
White (Hispanic) 15 1.71
Asian/Pacific Less than 100 Insignificant
Native American/Alaskan Less than 100 Insignificant

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

Meaning of DOWERS in historical publications

Sorry, we don't have any information on the meaning of DOWERS.

Similar names to DOWERS

The following names have similar spellings or pronunciations as DOWERS.

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 DOWERS

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