Dawenon Surname

1,628,521st
Most Common
surname in the World

Approximately 123 people bear this surname

Most prevalent in:
Benin
Highest density in:
Benin

Dawenon Surname

The meaning of this surname is not listed.

Dawenon Surname Distribution Map

PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
Benin1221:84,7189,949
Ivory Coast11:23,071,23276,679

Dawenon Last Name Facts

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

The surname Dawenon is more commonly found in Benin than any other country/territory. It can also occur as:. Click here for further potential spellings of this last name.

How Common Is The Last Name Dawenon? popularity and diffusion

The surname is the 1,628,521st most frequently used family name internationally, borne by approximately 1 in 59,248,341 people. This last name is mostly found in Africa, where 99 percent of Dawenon are found; 99 percent are found in West Africa and 99 percent are found in Atlantic-Niger Africa.

This surname is most frequently held in Benin, where it is borne by 122 people, or 1 in 84,718. In Benin Dawenon is mostly concentrated in: Atlantique Department, where 57 percent live, Littoral Department, where 19 percent live and Zou Department, where 18 percent live. Besides Benin this last name occurs in one country. It also occurs in The Ivory Coast, 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 Dawenon
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