Dagwa Surname
Approximately 288 people bear this surname
Dagwa Surname Distribution Map
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| Nigeria | 262 | 1:676,117 | 31,456 |
| Niger | 17 | 1:1,128,942 | 24,295 |
| Cameroon | 2 | 1:10,384,534 | 165,830 |
| Papua New Guinea | 2 | 1:4,076,858 | 165,791 |
| Uganda | 2 | 1:19,519,640 | 189,114 |
| DR Congo | 1 | 1:73,879,570 | 260,543 |
| Kenya | 1 | 1:46,179,900 | 103,372 |
| Mongolia | 1 | 1:2,825,289 | 17,010 |
Dagwa (31) may also be a first name.
Dagwa Last Name Facts
Where Does The Last Name Dagwa Come From? nationality or country of origin
Dagwa occurs most in Nigeria. It may also be found as a variant:. Click here for further potential spellings of Dagwa.
How Common Is The Last Name Dagwa? popularity and diffusion
This surname is the 919,444th most widespread family name on earth It is held by approximately 1 in 25,303,979 people. This last name occurs predominantly in Africa, where 99 percent of Dagwa live; 97 percent live in West Africa and 91 percent live in Atlantic-Niger Africa. It is also the 1,874,099th most prevalent given name throughout the world, held by 31 people.
The last name is most commonly used in Nigeria, where it is borne by 262 people, or 1 in 676,117. In Nigeria it is most frequent in: Plateau, where 45 percent live, Adamawa, where 21 percent live and Bauchi, where 16 percent live. Apart from Nigeria this surname exists in 7 countries. It is also common in Niger, where 6 percent live and Cameroon, where 1 percent live.
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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 Dagwa
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