Dawen Surname
Approximately 255 people bear this surname
Dawen Surname Distribution Map
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| Nigeria | 126 | 1:1,405,895 | 54,600 |
| Germany | 44 | 1:1,829,670 | 103,431 |
| Indonesia | 33 | 1:4,007,551 | 204,828 |
| Papua New Guinea | 18 | 1:452,984 | 57,838 |
| Bangladesh | 9 | 1:17,706,308 | 13,537 |
| Malaysia | 5 | 1:5,898,845 | 196,803 |
| United States | 4 | 1:90,614,733 | 1,198,479 |
| Brazil | 3 | 1:71,358,111 | 770,017 |
| Philippines | 3 | 1:33,746,074 | 302,898 |
| China | 2 | 1:683,660,783 | 30,601 |
| Niger | 1 | 1:19,192,017 | 110,060 |
| Thailand | 1 | 1:70,638,345 | 1,175,915 |
| Suriname | 1 | 1:552,616 | 9,664 |
| Pakistan | 1 | 1:178,643,885 | 213,220 |
| Liberia | 1 | 1:4,408,535 | 47,110 |
| India | 1 | 1:767,065,382 | 1,851,717 |
| Canada | 1 | 1:36,845,591 | 464,108 |
| Benin | 1 | 1:10,335,602 | 103,742 |
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| England | 2 | 1:12,187,685 | 173,419 |
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| United States | 15 | 1:3,347,912 | 150,340 |
Dawen (1,842) may also be a first name.
Dawen Last Name Facts
Where Does The Last Name Dawen Come From? nationality or country of origin
Dawen is found most frequently in Nigeria. It may occur as a variant:. Click here to see other possible spellings of Dawen.
How Common Is The Last Name Dawen? popularity and diffusion
This surname is the 1,001,271st most frequently occurring surname globally, borne by around 1 in 28,578,611 people. This surname occurs predominantly in Africa, where 51 percent of Dawen live; 51 percent live in West Africa and 50 percent live in Atlantic-Niger Africa. It is also the 177,697th most numerous first name on earth. It is borne by 1,842 people.
The last name is most widely held in Nigeria, where it is held by 126 people, or 1 in 1,405,895. In Nigeria Dawen is most numerous in: Plateau, where 77 percent are found, Benue, where 17 percent are found and Akwa Ibom, where 3 percent are found. Excluding Nigeria this last name exists in 17 countries. It also occurs in Germany, where 17 percent are found and Indonesia, where 13 percent are found.
Dawen Family Population Trend historical fluctuation
The incidence of Dawen has changed over time. In The United States the share of the population with the last name declined 73 percent between 1880 and 2014.
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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 Dawen
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