Dawasa Surname
Approximately 72 people bear this surname
Dawasa Surname Distribution Map
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| Nigeria | 41 | 1:4,320,555 | 118,938 |
| Indonesia | 13 | 1:10,173,015 | 372,576 |
| Philippines | 13 | 1:7,787,556 | 197,164 |
| United Arab Emirates | 2 | 1:4,581,136 | 93,443 |
| Niger | 1 | 1:19,192,017 | 110,060 |
| South Africa | 1 | 1:54,177,704 | 343,732 |
| Tanzania | 1 | 1:52,941,613 | 123,716 |
Dawasa (86) may also be a first name.
Dawasa Last Name Facts
Where Does The Last Name Dawasa Come From? nationality or country of origin
The surname Dawasa is held by more people in Nigeria than any other country/territory. It can also occur in the variant forms:. Click here for other potential spellings of Dawasa.
How Common Is The Last Name Dawasa? popularity and diffusion
This last name is the 2,237,939th most numerous last name throughout the world. It is borne by approximately 1 in 101,215,916 people. The last name is primarily found in Africa, where 61 percent of Dawasa live; 58 percent live in West Africa and 57 percent live in Atlantic-Niger Africa. It is also the 1,032,266th most prevalent given name in the world, borne by 86 people.
The last name is most common in Nigeria, where it is held by 41 people, or 1 in 4,320,555. In Nigeria Dawasa is most prevalent in: Yobe, where 66 percent are found, Borno, where 17 percent are found and Sokoto, where 12 percent are found. Other than Nigeria Dawasa is found in 6 countries. It is also found in Indonesia, where 18 percent are found and The Philippines, where 18 percent are found.
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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 Dawasa
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