Dawam Surname
Approximately 5,633 people bear this surname
Dawam Surname Distribution Map
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| Nigeria | 2,931 | 1:60,438 | 4,500 |
| Indonesia | 1,820 | 1:72,664 | 7,803 |
| Egypt | 305 | 1:301,429 | 19,796 |
| Malaysia | 273 | 1:108,037 | 7,283 |
| Iran | 168 | 1:457,039 | 28,032 |
| Philippines | 56 | 1:1,807,825 | 113,961 |
| Papua New Guinea | 32 | 1:254,804 | 34,943 |
| Qatar | 16 | 1:147,375 | 16,023 |
| England | 12 | 1:4,643,172 | 139,951 |
| Liberia | 5 | 1:881,707 | 33,815 |
| Taiwan | 3 | 1:7,814,915 | 41,694 |
| Tanzania | 1 | 1:52,941,613 | 123,716 |
| Syria | 1 | 1:19,301,022 | 22,457 |
| Saudi Arabia | 1 | 1:30,855,817 | 63,028 |
| Thailand | 1 | 1:70,638,345 | 1,175,915 |
| United States | 1 | 1:362,458,933 | 1,988,048 |
| Morocco | 1 | 1:34,476,099 | 111,471 |
| Nepal | 1 | 1:28,480,956 | 22,413 |
| Australia | 1 | 1:26,995,701 | 270,794 |
| India | 1 | 1:767,065,382 | 1,851,717 |
| Germany | 1 | 1:80,505,459 | 560,955 |
| France | 1 | 1:66,422,722 | 504,397 |
| Brazil | 1 | 1:214,074,332 | 1,693,628 |
Dawam (3,868) may also be a first name.
Dawam Last Name Facts
Where Does The Last Name Dawam Come From? nationality or country of origin
The surname Dawam (Hassaniya-Arabic: ﺩﻭﺍﻡ, Hindi: दवाम) is more frequently found in Nigeria than any other country or territory. It may occur as:. For other potential spellings of this name click here.
How Common Is The Last Name Dawam? popularity and diffusion
Dawam is the 85,628th most numerous last name throughout the world It is held by around 1 in 1,293,724 people. The surname Dawam occurs predominantly in Africa, where 58 percent of Dawam reside; 52 percent reside in West Africa and 52 percent reside in Atlantic-Niger Africa. It is also the 112,865th most widespread first name globally, borne by 3,868 people.
The surname is most widely held in Nigeria, where it is borne by 2,931 people, or 1 in 60,438. In Nigeria Dawam is most prevalent in: Plateau, where 89 percent live, Nasarawa, where 4 percent live and Kaduna, where 2 percent live. Apart from Nigeria this surname exists in 22 countries. It is also common in Indonesia, where 32 percent live and Egypt, where 5 percent live.
Phonetically Similar Names
Dawam Name Transliterations
| Transliteration | ICU Latin | Percentage of Incidence |
|---|---|---|
| Dawam in the Hassaniya-Arabic language | ||
| ﺩﻭﺍﻡ | dwam | - |
| Dawam in the Hindi language | ||
| दवाम | davama | - |
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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 Dawam
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