Dawaï Surname
Approximately 1,062 people bear this surname
Dawaï Surname Distribution Map
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| Chad | 1,059 | 1:12,835 | 1,627 |
| Niger | 3 | 1:6,397,339 | 78,839 |
The alternate forms: Dawai (8,109) & Dawaî (1) are calculated separately.
Dawaï (270) may also be a first name.
Dawaï Last Name Facts
Where Does The Last Name Dawaï Come From? nationality or country of origin
Dawaï is carried by more people in Chad than any other country/territory. It can also be rendered as a variant: Dawai or Dawaî. Click here for further potential spellings of Dawaï.
How Common Is The Last Name Dawaï? popularity and diffusion
The last name Dawaï is the 344,897th most commonly held surname world-wide, borne by around 1 in 6,862,096 people. This surname occurs mostly in Africa, where 100 percent of Dawaï live; 100 percent live in West Africa and 100 percent live in Chadic Africa. Dawaï is also the 541,116th most prevalent forename globally, held by 270 people.
This surname is most common in Chad, where it is held by 1,059 people, or 1 in 12,835. Not including Chad this last name occurs in one country. It also occurs in Niger, where 0 percent are found.
Phonetically Similar Names
Search for Another Surname
The name statistics are still in development, sign up for information on more maps and data
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 Dawaï
- To find out more about this surname's family history, lookup records on FamilySearch, MyHeritage, FindMyPast and Ancestry. Further information may be obtained by DNA analysis