Family name דוב (Dov 
, Duber 
, Duve 
) , all over the world, is a common cognomen. The family name דוב is characteristic of Israel, where it is quite a common surname, India, where it is quite a rare surname, and Zimbabwe. Not in comparison with a country's population, the name is most common in India, Israel, and Germany. Much less frequently, דוב is the forename as well as the last name.