Dawaya Surname
Approximately 717 people bear this surname
Dawaya Surname Distribution Map
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| DR Congo | 253 | 1:292,014 | 26,830 |
| Pakistan | 224 | 1:797,517 | 11,351 |
| Cameroon | 204 | 1:101,809 | 12,019 |
| Nigeria | 20 | 1:8,857,138 | 186,571 |
| Papua New Guinea | 13 | 1:627,209 | 74,307 |
| Chad | 1 | 1:13,592,199 | 13,092 |
| Gabon | 1 | 1:1,889,194 | 6,814 |
| Niger | 1 | 1:19,192,017 | 110,060 |
Dawaya (342) may also be a first name.
Dawaya Last Name Facts
Where Does The Last Name Dawaya Come From? nationality or country of origin
The last name Dawaya occurs more in The DR Congo more than any other country or territory. It may occur as:. For other possible spellings of this last name click here.
How Common Is The Last Name Dawaya? popularity and diffusion
The surname is the 468,873rd most commonly occurring surname on earth It is held by around 1 in 10,163,941 people. The surname Dawaya is primarily found in Africa, where 67 percent of Dawaya are found; 36 percent are found in Central Africa and 36 percent are found in Central Bantu Africa. Dawaya is also the 472,030th most widely held given name in the world, held by 342 people.
This last name is most commonly held in The DR Congo, where it is carried by 253 people, or 1 in 292,014. Besides The DR Congo it exists in 7 countries. It also occurs in Pakistan, where 31 percent are found and Cameroon, where 28 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
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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 Dawaya
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