Last Name DOVE

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Meaning	Nickname: The dove, a sobriquet affixed on account of the gentle character of the original bearer. Hawk would be a nickname representing the opposite characteristics.

Origin	English, Scottish, Jewish, Irish, Belgian

Rank	2,351 (2000 US census)	1,975 (1990 US census)

Count	14,106 (2000 US census)

Race / ethnic distribution

The 2000 US Census claims that

79.39%, or 11199 total occurrences, of those with this family name identified themselves as being white,
16.87%, or 2380 total occurrences, as black,
0.45%, or 63 total occurrences, as Asian and Pacific Islander,
0.55%, or 78 total occurrences, as American Indian and Native Alaskan,
1.31%, or 185 total occurrences, as two or more races, and
1.43%, or 202 total occurrences, as Hispanic ethnic origin.

Ukrainian middle names form the same way as Russian ones, except that for girls, the patronymic ending is '-ivna' rather than '-ovna' or '-evna.' Follow the Russian middle names link to get any additional information.

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