David-West Surname

1,235,409th
Most Common
surname in the World

Approximately 188 people bear this surname

Most prevalent in:
Nigeria
Highest density in:
Brunei

David-West Surname

For the meaning of this name, see: David & West.

The meaning of this surname is not listed.

David-West Surname Distribution Map

PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
Nigeria1661:1,067,12544,499
United States91:40,273,215872,126
England71:7,959,723202,100
Brunei21:209,3663,098
Scotland21:2,676,90851,579
France11:66,422,722504,397
Ghana11:27,020,69223,742

David-West Last Name Facts

Where Does The Last Name David-West Come From? nationality or country of origin

The surname David-West occurs in Nigeria more than any other country or territory. It can be rendered as a variant:. For other potential spellings of this surname click here.

How Common Is The Last Name David-West? popularity and diffusion

The surname David-West is the 1,235,409th most numerous surname globally It is held by approximately 1 in 38,763,542 people. The last name is mostly found in Africa, where 89 percent of David-West reside; 89 percent reside in West Africa and 89 percent reside in Atlantic-Niger Africa.

The surname is most widely held in Nigeria, where it is borne by 166 people, or 1 in 1,067,125. In Nigeria David-West is primarily found in: Rivers, where 54 percent are found, Lagos, where 17 percent are found and Bayelsa, where 6 percent are found. Aside from Nigeria it occurs in 6 countries. It also occurs in The United States, where 5 percent are found and England, where 4 percent are found.

David-West Last Name Statistics demography

David-West earn less than half the average income. In United States they earn 85.13% less than the national average, earning $6,417 USD per year.

Phonetically Similar Names

SurnameSimilarityWorldwide IncidencePrevalency
Davidwest9548/
Dvid-West951/
David West90204/
Davidst823/
David E West821/
Divid West801/
Daivd West801/
David-Zade701/
David-Sadoh679/
David-Zadeh671/

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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 David-West
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