Dover Family History
Dover Name Meaning
English: habitational name from the port of Dover in Kent,
named from the river on which it stands, a Celtic name meaning ‘the
waters’ (from the word which became modern Welsh dwfr ‘water’).North German: habitational name from Doveren in the
Rhineland, of uncertain etymology; the origin is possibly Celtic and
so related ultimately to 1, or a variant of Dove 4.
Dictionary of American Family Names, Oxford University Press, ISBN 0-19-508137-4
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Name Distribution of Dover Families
MAP:
United States
England & Wales
Scotland
Number of Dover families
 41 - 80  14 - 40 |
 1 - 13  |
from the 1920 US Federal Census Data
Number of Dover families
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116 - 230 39 - 115 |
1 - 38 |
from the 1891 England and Wales Census Data
Number of Dover families
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7 - 12 3 - 6 |
1 - 2 |
from the 1891 Scotland Census Data
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Dover Family Origin
Dover Immigration Information
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Average Life Expectancy for Dover
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Dover Family Occupations
from 1880 Federal Census Data
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