Adouwa Surname
Approximately 53 people bear this surname
Adouwa Surname Distribution Map
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| Niger | 38 | 1:505,053 | 13,208 |
| Mauritania | 10 | 1:409,486 | 16,302 |
| Benin | 2 | 1:5,167,801 | 84,334 |
| Cameroon | 2 | 1:10,384,534 | 165,830 |
| Uganda | 1 | 1:39,039,279 | 258,887 |
Adouwa (42) may also be a first name.
Adouwa Last Name Facts
Where Does The Last Name Adouwa Come From? nationality or country of origin
Adouwa (Hassaniya-Arabic: ﺍﺩﻭ) is carried by more people in Niger than any other country or territory. It may also be found as a variant:. Click here for further possible spellings of this name.
How Common Is The Last Name Adouwa? popularity and diffusion
It is the 2,661,929th most common family name world-wide It is held by around 1 in 137,500,866 people. Adouwa occurs predominantly in Africa, where 100 percent of Adouwa are found; 96 percent are found in West Africa and 72 percent are found in Chadic Africa. Adouwa is also the 1,566,439th most widely held first name globally. It is borne by 42 people.
This surname is most frequently held in Niger, where it is carried by 38 people, or 1 in 505,053. In Niger Adouwa is primarily concentrated in: Tahoua Region, where 74 percent reside, Agadez Region, where 8 percent reside and Tillabéri Region, where 8 percent reside. Beside Niger this surname occurs in 4 countries. It is also common in Mauritania, where 19 percent reside and Benin, where 4 percent reside.
Phonetically Similar Names
Adouwa Name Transliterations
| Transliteration | ICU Latin | Percentage of Incidence |
|---|---|---|
| Adouwa in the Hassaniya-Arabic language | ||
| ﺍﺩﻭ | adw | - |
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Footnotes
- Surnames are taken as the first part of an person's inherited family name, caste, clan name or in some cases patronymic
- Name distribution statistics are generated from a global database of over 4 billion people - more information
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- Rank: Name are ranked by incidence using the ordinal ranking method; the name that occurs the most is assigned a rank of 1; name that occur less frequently receive an incremented rank; if two or more name occur the same number of times they are assigned the same rank and successive rank is incremented by the total preceeding names
- Ethnic group cannot necessarily be determined by geographic occurrence
- Similar: Names listed in the "Similar" section are phonetically similar and may not have any relation to Adouwa
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