Dauwa Surname
Approximately 862 people bear this surname
Dauwa Surname Distribution Map
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| Nigeria | 590 | 1:300,242 | 16,770 |
| Papua New Guinea | 141 | 1:57,828 | 7,385 |
| India | 55 | 1:13,946,643 | 236,652 |
| South Africa | 41 | 1:1,321,407 | 72,211 |
| Austria | 24 | 1:354,810 | 38,119 |
| Cameroon | 9 | 1:2,307,674 | 112,590 |
| Kenya | 1 | 1:46,179,900 | 103,372 |
| United States | 1 | 1:362,458,933 | 1,988,048 |
Dauwa (1,020) may also be a first name.
Dauwa Demographics
Dauwa Religious Adherence
in Nigeria
Religious Adherence
in Nigeria
Dauwa Last Name Facts
Where Does The Last Name Dauwa Come From? nationality or country of origin
The surname Dauwa (Hindi: दौवा, Marathi: दौवा, Oriya: େଦୗଆ) is found most in Nigeria. It may occur as a variant:. Click here for other potential spellings of this last name.
How Common Is The Last Name Dauwa? popularity and diffusion
The last name is the 406,240th most frequently occurring last name at a global level It is held by around 1 in 8,454,230 people. The surname is primarily found in Africa, where 74 percent of Dauwa are found; 68 percent are found in West Africa and 68 percent are found in Atlantic-Niger Africa. It is also the 251,402nd most commonly occurring first name worldwide It is held by 1,020 people.
The last name is most frequently held in Nigeria, where it is held by 590 people, or 1 in 300,242. In Nigeria Dauwa is primarily found in: Borno, where 83 percent live, Katsina, where 7 percent live and Yobe, where 6 percent live. Besides Nigeria it occurs in 7 countries. It is also common in Papua New Guinea, where 16 percent live and India, where 6 percent live.
Dauwa Last Name Statistics demography
The religious devotion of those carrying the last name is predominantly Muslim (100%) in Nigeria.
Dauwa earn less than half the average income. In South Africa they earn 52.04% less than the national average, earning R 113,976 per year.
Phonetically Similar Names
Dauwa Name Transliterations
| Transliteration | ICU Latin | Percentage of Incidence |
|---|---|---|
| Dauwa in the Marathi language | ||
| दौवा | dauva | - |
| Dauwa in the Hindi language | ||
| दौवा | dauva | 66.67 |
| दऊवा | da'uva | 33.33 |
| Dauwa in the Oriya language | ||
| େଦୗଆ | eda'a | 50 |
| ଦଉୱା | da'uwa | 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
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- 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 Dauwa
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