Daoua Surname
Approximately 742 people bear this surname
Daoua Surname Distribution Map
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| Niger | 413 | 1:46,470 | 2,377 |
| Ivory Coast | 126 | 1:183,105 | 8,078 |
| Cameroon | 125 | 1:166,153 | 17,852 |
| Argentina | 27 | 1:1,583,089 | 86,049 |
| Algeria | 16 | 1:2,414,472 | 44,357 |
| Palestine | 11 | 1:413,532 | 12,017 |
| Spain | 6 | 1:7,792,006 | 100,283 |
| Tunisia | 5 | 1:122,125 | 16,050 |
| Morocco | 4 | 1:8,619,025 | 73,251 |
| United States | 3 | 1:120,819,644 | 1,331,040 |
| Mauritania | 2 | 1:2,047,432 | 30,537 |
| Yemen | 2 | 1:13,212,647 | 40,633 |
| Burkina Faso | 1 | 1:18,352,100 | 30,051 |
| Chad | 1 | 1:13,592,199 | 13,092 |
Daoua (587) may also be a first name.
Daoua Last Name Facts
Where Does The Last Name Daoua Come From? nationality or country of origin
The surname Daoua (Hassaniya-Arabic: ﺩﺍﻭﺍ) is found most frequently in Niger. It can be found in the variant forms:. Click here for further possible spellings of Daoua.
How Common Is The Last Name Daoua? popularity and diffusion
This last name is the 456,246th most common surname throughout the world, held by approximately 1 in 9,821,490 people. This surname is mostly found in Africa, where 89 percent of Daoua live; 85 percent live in West Africa and 65 percent live in Chadic Africa. Daoua is also the 345,345th most commonly held given name worldwide, held by 587 people.
This surname is most commonly occurring in Niger, where it is borne by 413 people, or 1 in 46,470. In Niger it is most prevalent in: Diffa Region, where 22 percent are found, Tillabéri Region, where 17 percent are found and Zinder Region, where 16 percent are found. Not including Niger Daoua occurs in 13 countries. It is also found in The Ivory Coast, where 17 percent are found and Cameroon, where 17 percent are found.
Phonetically Similar Names
Daoua Name Transliterations
| Transliteration | ICU Latin | Percentage of Incidence |
|---|---|---|
| Daoua in the Hassaniya-Arabic language | ||
| ﺩﺍﻭﺍ | dawa | 50 |
| ﺍﻟﺪﻭ | aldw | 50 |
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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 Daoua
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