Dawai Surname
Approximately 8,109 people bear this surname
Dawai Surname Distribution Map
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| Cameroon | 4,977 | 1:4,173 | 498 |
| Niger | 806 | 1:23,811 | 1,427 |
| Fiji | 723 | 1:1,237 | 157 |
| Nigeria | 484 | 1:365,997 | 19,588 |
| Chad | 385 | 1:35,304 | 4,109 |
| Papua New Guinea | 185 | 1:44,074 | 5,397 |
| Peru | 113 | 1:281,275 | 10,931 |
| Malaysia | 105 | 1:280,897 | 15,562 |
| Afghanistan | 104 | 1:309,165 | 4,852 |
| Philippines | 48 | 1:2,109,130 | 121,847 |
| Indonesia | 33 | 1:4,007,551 | 204,828 |
| Iran | 33 | 1:2,326,743 | 78,121 |
| Tanzania | 30 | 1:1,764,720 | 47,592 |
| Iraq | 26 | 1:1,346,987 | 15,017 |
| Pakistan | 14 | 1:12,760,278 | 55,960 |
| England | 10 | 1:5,571,806 | 158,774 |
| United States | 7 | 1:51,779,848 | 968,877 |
| Thailand | 6 | 1:11,773,058 | 553,295 |
| Benin | 5 | 1:2,067,120 | 68,069 |
| Kenya | 4 | 1:11,544,975 | 62,419 |
| India | 2 | 1:383,532,691 | 1,645,216 |
| United Arab Emirates | 2 | 1:4,581,136 | 93,443 |
| Uganda | 1 | 1:39,039,279 | 258,887 |
| Nepal | 1 | 1:28,480,956 | 22,413 |
| Sweden | 1 | 1:9,846,757 | 347,448 |
| Solomon Islands | 1 | 1:580,029 | 22,243 |
| New Zealand | 1 | 1:4,528,323 | 55,372 |
| Germany | 1 | 1:80,505,459 | 560,955 |
| Australia | 1 | 1:26,995,701 | 270,794 |
The alternate forms: Dawaï (1,062) & Dawaî (1) are calculated separately.
Dawai (19,446) may also be a first name.
Dawai Demographics
Average Dawai Salary in
United States
$43,656 USD
Per year
Average Salary in
United States
$43,149 USD
Per year
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Dawai Last Name Facts
Where Does The Last Name Dawai Come From? nationality or country of origin
The last name Dawai occurs in Cameroon more than any other country/territory. It may be rendered as: Dawaï or Dawaî. Click here for further possible spellings of this name.
How Common Is The Last Name Dawai? popularity and diffusion
The last name is the 61,958th most prevalent family name in the world It is held by around 1 in 898,698 people. The last name Dawai is primarily found in Africa, where 83 percent of Dawai are found; 79 percent are found in West Africa and 59 percent are found in Chadic Africa. Dawai is also the 38,651st most frequently occurring given name internationally, held by 19,446 people.
It is most widely held in Cameroon, where it is held by 4,977 people, or 1 in 4,173. In Cameroon it is primarily found in: North Region, where 58 percent live, Far North Region, where 39 percent live and Centre Region, where 3 percent live. Without taking into account Cameroon Dawai exists in 28 countries. It is also common in Niger, where 10 percent live and Fiji, where 9 percent live.
Dawai Last Name Statistics demography
Dawai earn around the same as the average income. In United States they earn 1.17% more than the national average, earning $43,656 USD per year.
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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
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