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Origin Of The Surname Dover
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Meaning Of The Surname Dover
From the Town on the Dubra
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Interesting
Facts About
Dover
Dover is a locational surname, originating from Dover in Kent. Locational surnames were traditionally given to someone who had moved away to a new area, whereby they were assigned the name of their original home as a surname to differentiate them from the other townspeople. The place name itself comes from the Old English ‘dubra’ which means water and was the name of the river running through Dover, now called river Dour. |
Dover Statistics
Dover is the number 1627 ranked surname in the United Kingdom.
According to our statistics around 6,373 share the surname Dover in the UK.
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