Dawayi Surname
Approximately 5 people bear this surname
Dawayi Surname Distribution Map
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| Nigeria | 2 | 1:88,571,379 | 625,098 |
| Kenya | 1 | 1:46,179,900 | 103,372 |
| Tanzania | 1 | 1:52,941,613 | 123,716 |
| Uganda | 1 | 1:39,039,279 | 258,887 |
Dawayi (16) may also be a first name.
Dawayi Last Name Facts
Where Does The Last Name Dawayi Come From? nationality or country of origin
The last name Dawayi is borne by more people in Nigeria than any other country/territory. It can also be rendered in the variant forms:. Click here to see other potential spellings of Dawayi.
How Common Is The Last Name Dawayi? popularity and diffusion
Dawayi is the 8,193,072nd most commonly used last name on earth, held by approximately 1 in 1,457,509,183 people. The surname occurs predominantly in Africa, where 100 percent of Dawayi reside; 60 percent reside in East Africa and 60 percent reside in East Bantu Africa. Dawayi is also the 2,786,762nd most commonly occurring first name worldwide. It is borne by 16 people.
This last name is most commonly occurring in Nigeria, where it is borne by 2 people, or 1 in 88,571,379. In Nigeria it is most common in: Kano, where 50 percent live and Oyo, where 50 percent live. Apart from Nigeria Dawayi is found in 3 countries. It also occurs in Kenya, where 20 percent live and Tanzania, where 20 percent live.
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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 Dawayi
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