Dawab Surname

678,631st
Most Common
surname in the World

Approximately 439 people bear this surname

Most prevalent in:
Iran
Highest density in:
Iran

Dawab Surname

The meaning of this surname is not listed.

Dawab Surname Distribution Map

PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
Iran2581:297,60721,136
Egypt1531:600,88732,813
Nigeria141:12,653,054227,444
Philippines101:10,123,822213,993
Afghanistan31:10,717,72835,605
Malaysia11:29,494,225409,885

Dawab (22) may also be a first name.

Dawab Last Name Facts

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

Dawab is more frequently found in Iran than any other country or territory. It may be found in the variant forms:. Click here for further possible spellings of this last name.

How Common Is The Last Name Dawab? popularity and diffusion

This surname is the 678,631st most frequently occurring last name internationally, borne by approximately 1 in 16,600,332 people. This surname is predominantly found in Asia, where 62 percent of Dawab reside; 59 percent reside in South Asia and 59 percent reside in Islamic South Asia. It is also the 2,301,746th most frequently used first name worldwide. It is borne by 22 people.

The surname is most commonly held in Iran, where it is borne by 258 people, or 1 in 297,607. In Iran Dawab is most frequent in: Hormozgan Province, where 48 percent are found, North Khorasan Province, where 12 percent are found and Khuzestan Province, where 11 percent are found. Besides Iran this last name occurs in 5 countries. It also occurs in Egypt, where 35 percent are found and Nigeria, where 3 percent are found.

Phonetically Similar Names

SurnameSimilarityWorldwide IncidencePrevalency
Dawaab91118/
Daswabh831/
Dabab802,732/
Davab80557/
Dawap80489/
Daweb8037/
Dawob809/
Dewab804/
Dowab802/
Davabh73210/
Dhavab739/
Dawoob732/
Hdabab731/
Dawaap731/
Daewob731/
Davaib731/
Dajuab731/
Dabaub731/
Daibab731/
Daaboob67199/
Daaboub67111/
Dhavabh6710/
Davahab673/
Dauvaib673/
Devahab671/
Dahabab671/
Dowahab671/

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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 Dawab
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