Dove is used as a family name or surname in United States. It is 4 characters long in length.

Family Name / Last Name: Dove
No. of characters: 4
Origin: United States
Meaning: Currently, no meaning found for Dove

How popular is Dove?

Dove is common in United States.

Dove is ranked 13521 on our list.

Despite the fact that the number of Dove bearers increased by 3.218489 per cent in 2010 US census to 14560 since 2000, the surname slipped by 124 spots and ranked at 2475. The last name was found in around 49 per 1 million population. Please refer to following table for race and ethnicity.

Race 2010 2000
White 76.4 79.39
Black 18.34 16.87
Hispanic or Latino 2.11 1.43
Others 1.94 1.31
American Indian and Alaska Native 0.76 0.55
Asian and Native Hawaiian
& Other Pacific Islander		 0.45 0.45
Dove is quite popular family name mostly used in United States while Montserrat is ahead in terms of density. Around 39017 people have been found who wears Dove as their family name. Dove is used widely across the globe. More detailed information can be found below:
RankCountryCount
Countries with very very low frequency i.e., 1 - 10:
464,493 Indonesia9
28,661 Serbia8
1,346 Bermuda6
1,033 Yemen5
513 Sierra Leone4
11,480 Japan4
10,686 Costa Rica3
14,193 Egypt3
46,068 Philippines3
4,915 Panama3
7,294 Kuwait3
32,086 Mexico3
127,708 Czech Republic3
4,413 Democratic Republic of The Congo2
5,217 Zambia2
4,164 Vietnam2
1,421 Gabon2
35,969 Denmark2
95,312 Argentina2
3,014 Taiwan2
5,300 Syria2
31,767 Greece2
20,186 Kenya2
415 Saint Kitts and Nevis2
11,736 Lithuania2
1,256 Myanmar2
28,232 Morocco2
1,834 Malta2
44,018 Poland2
24,771 Colombia1
318 Montserrat1
13,606 Senegal1
5,872 Namibia1
613 Central African Republic1
15,705 Cameroon1
6,033 Benin1
37,493 Austria1
2,935 Madagascar1
6,820 Angola1
90,903 Moldova1
8,430 Northern Ireland1
5,589 Sudan1
1,254 Gibraltar1
7,895 South Korea1
14,373 Jordan1
4,435 Togo1
53,505 Turkey1
4,249 Cambodia1
7,941 Guatemala1
1,818 Guernsey1
32,942 Uzbekistan1
12,741 Ecuador1
8,500 Dominican Republic1
36,814 Romania1
492,292 Ukraine1
48,575 Azerbaijan1
4,942 Libya1
19,810 Croatia1
Countries with very low frequency i.e., 10 - 50:
59,023 Tanzania49
41,360 Netherlands49
20,318 United Arab Emirates46
34,765 Zimbabwe35
9,620 Singapore30
43,662 Belgium30
1,605 China29
8,720 Qatar29
11,387 Ireland22
42,407 Sweden22
28,338 Norway20
1,163 Jersey17
7,162 Thailand15
442,509 Russia12
11,897 Nigeria12
5,704 Guyana11
Countries with low frequency i.e., 50 - 100:
26,456 Spain100
164,135 India98
1,846 Trinidad and Tobago94
3,598 Mauritius73
3,257 Hong Kong71
17,456 Switzerland63
17,264 Israel59
Countries with hundreds of Dove:
6,001 Pakistan880
11,594 Algeria536
25,166 France392
2,393 New Zealand315
2,440 Scotland282
38,477 Germany269
44,967 Brazil238
2,488 Wales158
18,956 Saudi Arabia154
50,581 Italy146
2,171 Jamaica107
Countries with thousands of Dove:
1,506 England5,259
939 Mozambique3,783
1,675 Ghana1,997
3,310 South Africa1,954
3,395 Canada1,386
3,860 Uganda1,307
2,514 Australia1,235
Countries with ten thousands of Dove:
2,297 United States17,515
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Immigrants to US

From Ireland

Engineer Cellex Dove from Great Britain aboard the Arrick from Glasgow during the Irish famine. He is registered to be 30 years old when he arrived in USA on February 2, 1849. Immigrant Isabell Dove, Allex. Dove, John Dove, aged 22, William Dove (22) Farmer, Joseph Dove (19) Workman, Maid Ann Dove, Infant Thomas Dove, Patt Dove (20) Immigrant, and 3 other Dove around 33.33% of whom were workman while others worked as farmer and servant migrated to US.

Dove Namesakes

    Jonathan Dove, British composer of opera, choral works, films and orchestral and chamber music. He has created an operatic series for the English Touring Opera and the City of Birmingham Touring Opera
  • Ulysses Dove, Choreographer
  • Jonathan Dove, Composer
  • Anthea Dove, Author
  • Anthea Dove, Author
  • Arizona Dove Carpenter, Curtis LeMay's mother
  • Arthur Dove, Artist
  • Ashton Dovell, Politician
  • Aviva Dove-Viebahn, Rita Dove's daughter
  • Billie Dove, Actress
  • Ben Dover, Pornographic actor
  • In 2013 fantasy movie, The Masked Man, Luke Dove characterized Scott Powell and Masked Man.
  • In 0 mystery flick, Monkey Beach, Grace Dove characterized Lisa.

Dove Namesakes

    Jonathan Dove, British composer of opera, choral works, films and orchestral and chamber music. He has created an operatic series for the English Touring Opera and the City of Birmingham Touring Opera
  • Ulysses Dove, Choreographer
  • Jonathan Dove, Composer
  • Anthea Dove, Author
  • Anthea Dove, Author
  • Arizona Dove Carpenter, Curtis LeMay's mother
  • Arthur Dove, Artist
  • Ashton Dovell, Politician
  • Aviva Dove-Viebahn, Rita Dove's daughter
  • Billie Dove, Actress
  • Ben Dover, Pornographic actor
  • In 2013 fantasy movie, The Masked Man, Luke Dove characterized Scott Powell and Masked Man.
  • In 0 mystery flick, Monkey Beach, Grace Dove characterized Lisa.

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