Dahwa Surname
Approximately 2,005 people bear this surname
Dahwa Surname Distribution Map
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| Zimbabwe | 1,293 | 1:11,940 | 1,573 |
| Yemen | 654 | 1:40,406 | 3,479 |
| Nigeria | 14 | 1:12,653,054 | 227,444 |
| South Africa | 9 | 1:6,019,745 | 157,966 |
| Wales | 6 | 1:515,755 | 23,171 |
| Bahrain | 4 | 1:337,152 | 6,054 |
| Indonesia | 4 | 1:33,062,298 | 643,618 |
| England | 4 | 1:13,929,515 | 290,718 |
| India | 2 | 1:383,532,691 | 1,645,216 |
| Pakistan | 2 | 1:89,321,942 | 157,560 |
| France | 1 | 1:66,422,722 | 504,397 |
| Egypt | 1 | 1:91,935,754 | 132,737 |
| Kuwait | 1 | 1:3,800,694 | 27,187 |
| Namibia | 1 | 1:2,409,401 | 19,676 |
| Czechia | 1 | 1:10,633,469 | 206,023 |
| Palestine | 1 | 1:4,548,849 | 18,388 |
| Romania | 1 | 1:20,077,870 | 89,414 |
| China | 1 | 1:1,367,321,566 | 51,149 |
| Switzerland | 1 | 1:8,212,915 | 156,297 |
| United States | 1 | 1:362,458,933 | 1,988,048 |
| Cameroon | 1 | 1:20,769,068 | 227,406 |
| Burundi | 1 | 1:9,804,852 | 2,349 |
| Australia | 1 | 1:26,995,701 | 270,794 |
Dahwa (287) may also be a first name.
Dahwa Last Name Facts
Where Does The Last Name Dahwa Come From? nationality or country of origin
Dahwa (Hassaniya-Arabic: ﺍﻟﺪﺣﻮﻯ) is found most frequently in Zimbabwe. It can also occur in the variant forms:. Click here for further possible spellings of this last name.
How Common Is The Last Name Dahwa? popularity and diffusion
The last name is the 206,654th most prevalent family name internationally, held by approximately 1 in 3,634,686 people. The surname Dahwa occurs mostly in Africa, where 66 percent of Dahwa are found; 65 percent are found in Southern Africa and 65 percent are found in South Bantu Africa. Dahwa is also the 522,011th most frequently occurring first name world-wide, borne by 287 people.
The surname is most commonly held in Zimbabwe, where it is borne by 1,293 people, or 1 in 11,940. In Zimbabwe Dahwa is mostly concentrated in: Mashonaland Central Province, where 26 percent are found, Manicaland Province, where 24 percent are found and Harare Province, where 17 percent are found. Barring Zimbabwe this last name exists in 22 countries. It is also common in Yemen, where 33 percent are found and Nigeria, where 1 percent are found.
Phonetically Similar Names
Dahwa Name Transliterations
| Transliteration | ICU Latin | Percentage of Incidence |
|---|---|---|
| Dahwa in the Hassaniya-Arabic language | ||
| ﺍﻟﺪﺣﻮﻯ | aldhwy | - |
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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 Dahwa
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