Dawd Surname

39,969th
Most Common
surname in the World

Approximately 13,127 people bear this surname

Most prevalent in:
Ethiopia
Highest density in:
Ethiopia

Dawd Surname

The meaning of this surname is not listed.

Dawd Surname Distribution Map

PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
Ethiopia9,1761:10,6311,583
Sudan3,0801:12,1791,700
Egypt4881:188,39313,801
Pakistan601:2,977,39824,221
Vietnam551:1,684,4742,130
Sweden511:193,07413,358
Russia351:4,117,802198,221
United States331:10,983,604436,696
Canada271:1,364,65295,501
Iraq261:1,346,98715,017
Eritrea161:296,994232
England131:4,286,005132,302
Qatar121:196,50026,891
Australia71:3,856,529135,538
Algeria41:9,657,88864,782
Syria41:4,825,25612,827
Saudi Arabia41:7,713,95437,548
Malaysia31:9,831,408269,765
Mauritania31:1,364,95427,355
Jordan21:4,421,21822,351
Yemen21:13,212,64740,633
United Arab Emirates21:4,581,13693,443
Spain21:23,376,018128,922
Norway21:2,571,14395,402
Nigeria21:88,571,379625,098
Switzerland11:8,212,915156,297
Italy11:61,156,688199,583
Kenya11:46,179,900103,372
Azerbaijan11:9,649,12247,873
Libya11:6,243,9746,186
Belarus11:9,501,059159,228
Venezuela11:30,204,07785,459
Brazil11:214,074,3321,693,628
Netherlands11:16,887,176156,465
Niger11:19,192,017110,060
Israel11:8,557,634182,558
Colombia11:47,774,07244,230
Finland11:5,496,70284,025
South Korea11:51,240,2568,015
Somalia11:13,452,0619,224
Germany11:80,505,459560,955
India11:767,065,3821,851,717
Poland11:38,008,749231,653
PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
England121:2,031,28160,933
Scotland61:623,86916,225
PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
United States641:784,66749,209

Dawd (21,613) may also be a first name.

Dawd Last Name Facts

Where Does The Last Name Dawd Come From? nationality or country of origin

The surname Dawd (Hassaniya-Arabic: ﺩﺍﻭﺩ) is found most frequently in Ethiopia. It may also be rendered in the variant forms:. Click here to see other potential spellings of Dawd.

How Common Is The Last Name Dawd? popularity and diffusion

This last name is the 39,969th most frequently used surname internationally, held by around 1 in 555,157 people. This last name occurs predominantly in Africa, where 97 percent of Dawd live; 70 percent live in East Africa and 70 percent live in Ethiosemitic Africa. It is also the 35,686th most common first name worldwide, held by 21,613 people.

This surname is most numerous in Ethiopia, where it is borne by 9,176 people, or 1 in 10,631. Excluding Ethiopia Dawd is found in 42 countries. It also occurs in Sudan, where 23 percent are found and Egypt, where 4 percent are found.

Dawd Family Population Trend historical fluctuation

The incidence of Dawd has changed through the years. In The United States the number of people who held the Dawd surname contracted 48 percent between 1880 and 2014 and in England it rose 108 percent between 1881 and 2014.

Dawd Last Name Statistics demography

In The United States Dawd are 21.77% more likely to be registered Democrats than the national average, with 75% being registered with the political party.

The amount Dawd earn in different countries varies marginally. In United States they earn 17.91% more than the national average, earning $50,875 USD per year and in Canada they earn 17.58% more than the national average, earning $58,419 CAD per year.

Phonetically Similar Names

SurnameSimilarityWorldwide IncidencePrevalency
Dawwd89154/
Dauwd8916/
Deawd893/
Daawd892/
Daewd891/
Dawds890/
Dowd7528,272/
Dawt7544/
Dafd753/
Dewd752/
Daphd6713/
Dawte677/
Doowd674/
Dawth674/
Deewd673/
Douwd672/
Dahwt672/
Dasfd672/
Dafds671/
Dowdd670/
Daived6020/
Douwds6018/
Daiwet605/
Dhawte604/
Deewdt603/
Dadfds601/
Deywed601/
Dayved601/
Dowdds600/
Daiwett550/
Dowt501/

Dawd Name Transliterations

TransliterationICU LatinPercentage of Incidence
Dawd in the Hassaniya-Arabic language
ﺩﺍﻭﺩdawd-

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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
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  • 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 Dawd
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