Daowa Surname

3,185,033rd
Most Common
surname in the World

Approximately 38 people bear this surname

Most prevalent in:
Cameroon
Highest density in:
Cameroon

Daowa Surname

The meaning of this surname is not listed.

Daowa Surname Distribution Map

PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
Cameroon291:716,17551,453
Papua New Guinea71:1,164,817109,517
Niger11:19,192,017110,060
Philippines11:101,238,223404,861

Daowa (143) may also be a first name.

Daowa Last Name Facts

Where Does The Last Name Daowa Come From? nationality or country of origin

The last name Daowa is carried by more people in Cameroon than any other country/territory. It may also occur as a variant:. For other potential spellings of this name click here.

How Common Is The Last Name Daowa? popularity and diffusion

This surname is the 3,185,033rd most frequently held family name globally It is held by approximately 1 in 191,777,524 people. The last name Daowa occurs predominantly in Africa, where 79 percent of Daowa live; 63 percent live in West Africa and 58 percent live in Chadic Africa. Daowa is also the 772,378th most commonly held given name on earth, borne by 143 people.

The surname Daowa is most frequent in Cameroon, where it is carried by 29 people, or 1 in 716,175. In Cameroon it is primarily concentrated in: Far North Region, where 52 percent are found, North Region, where 34 percent are found and Centre Region, where 7 percent are found. Excluding Cameroon this last name is found in 3 countries. It also occurs in Papua New Guinea, where 18 percent are found and Niger, where 3 percent are found.

Phonetically Similar Names

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Daow8973/
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Dayow802,219/
Daova8095/
Daoba8034/
Daoow801/
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Dauow801/
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Daa754,100/
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Dayova7325/
Daouba7312/
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Daaova731/
Daobay731/
Daas6757,008/
Daha6712,140/
Daad677,223/
Daah671,344/
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Daov67118/
Dağa6783/
Dhaa6763/
Daaz6759/
Daof6724/
Doyowai6723/
Doyoway6720/
Da'a6715/
Doaw6712/
Ddaa677/
Daiyawa676/
Daob675/
Daaa675/
Daosuea674/
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Daoshua671/
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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 Daowa
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