Dave Name Origin, Meaning and Family History

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Surname Distribution

Census frequency by county

Name Concentrations Within England and Wales

England

Bedfordshire 0
Buckinghamshire 0
Berkshire 0
Cambridgeshire 0
Channel Islands 1
Cheshire 1
Cornwall 1
Cumberland 0
Derbyshire 0
Devon 2
Dorset 0
Durham 1
Essex 2
Gloucestershire 0
Hampshire 0
Herefordshire 0
Hertfordshire 0
Huntingdonshire 0
Isle of Man 0
Kent 0
Lancashire 0
Leicestershire 0
Lincolnshire 1
London 2
Middlesex 0
Northumberland 0
Norfolk 0
Northamptonshire 0
Nottinghamshire 0
Oxfordshire 0
Rutland 0
Shropshire 0
Suffolk 1
Somerset 7
Surrey 0
Sussex 1
Staffordshire 0
Warwickshire 1
Westmorland 0
Wiltshire 0
Worcestershire 0
Yorkshire 2

Wales

Anglesey 0
Brecknockshire 0
Cardiganshire 0
Carnarvonshire 0
Carmarthenshire 0
Denbighshire 0
Flintshire 0
Glamorgan 0
Merionethshire 0
Montgomeryshire 0
Monmouthshire 0
Pembrokeshire 0
Radnorshire 0

Dave Surname Statistics


Top Professions for the Dave family

Profession Census Frequency
Scholar 6
Boy 2nd Class 1
Captains Servant 1
Labourer In Iron Works 1
Milliner Apprentice 1
Farm Servant 1
Servant 1
Agricultural Labourer 1
Collar Factory 1
Confctioner 1
Journey Man's Daughter 1
Engine Smith 1

Most Frequent Forenames for Dave

Name Census Frequency
Mary Dave 40
John Dave 37
William Dave 32
Elizabeth Dave 31
George Dave 25
James Dave 24
Thomas Dave 19
Frederick Dave 13
Eliza Dave 12
Henry Dave 12
Sarah Dave 12
Emily Dave 11
Ann Dave 10
Jane Dave 9
Robert Dave 9
Alice Dave 8
Ellen Dave 8
Margaret Dave 8
Richard Dave 8
Annie Dave 7
Albert Dave 6
Charles Dave 6
Emma Dave 6
Alfred Dave 5
Charlotte Dave 5

Dave Surname Variants Ranking

Rank Surname Match Census Frequency
1 Dove 75% 24,095
2 Davie 80% 7,329
3 Dive 75% 821
4 Dave 100% 581
5 Deave 80% 177

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The surname Dave is the 4th most popular variant of Dove.

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