Dawiya Surname
Approximately 175 people bear this surname
Dawiya Surname Distribution Map
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| Nigeria | 43 | 1:4,119,599 | 115,187 |
| Papua New Guinea | 37 | 1:220,371 | 30,351 |
| Cameroon | 29 | 1:716,175 | 51,453 |
| Indonesia | 29 | 1:4,560,317 | 223,141 |
| DR Congo | 27 | 1:2,736,280 | 122,818 |
| Pakistan | 4 | 1:44,660,971 | 115,884 |
| Iran | 3 | 1:25,594,175 | 224,183 |
| Chad | 1 | 1:13,592,199 | 13,092 |
| Niger | 1 | 1:19,192,017 | 110,060 |
| Uganda | 1 | 1:39,039,279 | 258,887 |
Dawiya (516) may also be a first name.
Dawiya Last Name Facts
Where Does The Last Name Dawiya Come From? nationality or country of origin
Dawiya occurs more in Nigeria more than any other country or territory. It can also be rendered as:. For other possible spellings of this last name click here.
How Common Is The Last Name Dawiya? popularity and diffusion
The last name Dawiya is the 1,295,379th most numerous family name globally, borne by around 1 in 41,643,120 people. The surname is mostly found in Africa, where 58 percent of Dawiya live; 42 percent live in West Africa and 25 percent live in Atlantic-Niger Africa. It is also the 372,032nd most common given name throughout the world It is held by 516 people.
This surname is most commonly occurring in Nigeria, where it is borne by 43 people, or 1 in 4,119,599. In Nigeria it is mostly concentrated in: Federal Capital Territory, where 98 percent live and Nasarawa, where 2 percent live. Other than Nigeria this surname is found in 9 countries. It is also found in Papua New Guinea, where 21 percent live and Cameroon, where 17 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 Dawiya
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