Dabuwa Surname
Approximately 797 people bear this surname
Dabuwa Surname Distribution Map
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| Nigeria | 775 | 1:228,571 | 13,401 |
| DR Congo | 21 | 1:3,518,075 | 145,665 |
| South Africa | 1 | 1:54,177,704 | 343,732 |
Dabuwa (401) may also be a first name.
Dabuwa Last Name Facts
Where Does The Last Name Dabuwa Come From? nationality or country of origin
The surname Dabuwa is most common in Nigeria. It can also be rendered as:. For other potential spellings of Dabuwa click here.
How Common Is The Last Name Dabuwa? popularity and diffusion
It is the 431,914th most frequently used last name on a worldwide basis. It is borne by around 1 in 9,143,721 people. The last name is mostly found in Africa, where 100 percent of Dabuwa are found; 97 percent are found in West Africa and 97 percent are found in Atlantic-Niger Africa. Dabuwa is also the 430,973rd most commonly held first name world-wide, borne by 401 people.
The last name Dabuwa is most common in Nigeria, where it is borne by 775 people, or 1 in 228,571. In Nigeria Dabuwa is most numerous in: Yobe, where 46 percent are found, Jigawa, where 45 percent are found and Kaduna, where 3 percent are found. Excluding Nigeria this surname is found in 2 countries. It also occurs in The DR Congo, where 3 percent are found and South Africa, where 0 percent are found.
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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
- Heatmap: Dark red means there is a higher occurrence of the name, transitioning to light yellow signifies a progressively lower occurrence. Clicking on selected countries will show mapping at a regional level
- 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 Dabuwa
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