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 or territory. It can occur as: Dawaï or Dawaî. For other potential spellings of Dawai click here.
How Common Is The Last Name Dawai? popularity and diffusion
This surname is the 61,958th most frequently held last name world-wide. It is borne by around 1 in 898,698 people. The last name Dawai occurs predominantly 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 widespread first name world-wide, borne by 19,446 people.
This last name is most common in Cameroon, where it is borne by 4,977 people, or 1 in 4,173. In Cameroon it is most numerous in: North Region, where 58 percent reside, Far North Region, where 39 percent reside and Centre Region, where 3 percent reside. Beside Cameroon Dawai occurs in 28 countries. It is also common in Niger, where 10 percent reside and Fiji, where 9 percent reside.
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
- Similar: Names listed in the "Similar" section are phonetically similar and may not have any relation to Dawai
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