Dawene Surname
Approximately 84 people bear this surname
Dawene Surname Distribution Map
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| Nigeria | 82 | 1:2,160,278 | 74,262 |
| Papua New Guinea | 1 | 1:8,153,717 | 181,784 |
| South Africa | 1 | 1:54,177,704 | 343,732 |
Dawene (16) may also be a first name.
Dawene Last Name Facts
Where Does The Last Name Dawene Come From? nationality or country of origin
The surname Dawene is found most frequently in Nigeria. It may also be rendered as a variant:. For other potential spellings of this surname click here.
How Common Is The Last Name Dawene? popularity and diffusion
This surname is the 2,047,559th most frequently occurring family name on a global scale, held by approximately 1 in 86,756,499 people. The surname Dawene is primarily found in Africa, where 99 percent of Dawene are found; 98 percent are found in West Africa and 98 percent are found in Atlantic-Niger Africa. Dawene is also the 2,786,762nd most frequently used first name on earth It is held by 16 people.
Dawene is most frequently occurring in Nigeria, where it is carried by 82 people, or 1 in 2,160,278. In Nigeria Dawene is most numerous in: Delta, where 84 percent live, Lagos, where 7 percent live and Rivers, where 4 percent live. Besides Nigeria it occurs in 2 countries. It is also found in Papua New Guinea, where 1 percent live and South Africa, where 1 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 Dawene
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