How rare is the last name Dover?

9,164 people in the United States have the last name Dover, about 1 in 32,617. It ranks #3,775 of 156,621 last names in the 2020 Census.

last name

DOVER

#3,775

of 156,621 last names recorded in the 2020 Census

People
9,164
About
1 in 32,617
This common or more
55.3%
Who bears it

Of the 9,164 people with the last name Dover, 80.3% reported their origin as White, 11% as Black and 3.9% as two or more races. These count how people described themselves on the 2020 Census, not where the name comes from.

Either side of Dover

#3,773 Bohn · 9,168#3,774 Ding · 9,167#3,776 Counts · 9,159#3,777 Handley · 9,158

Spelled almost the same

One last name in the 2020 Census spelled within a letter or two of Dover, most common first.

#50,816 Dober · 444

Also a first name

As a first name, Dover ranks #47,857 of 53,615, with 135 people. See Dover as a first name

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