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
The last name Dawiya is found most in Nigeria. It can also appear as a variant:. Click here for other potential spellings of this surname.
How Common Is The Last Name Dawiya? popularity and diffusion
The surname is the 1,295,379th most numerous family name at a global level. It is borne by approximately 1 in 41,643,120 people. The surname Dawiya occurs mostly 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 frequent first name world-wide, borne by 516 people.
The last name is most prevalent in Nigeria, where it is carried by 43 people, or 1 in 4,119,599. In Nigeria Dawiya is primarily concentrated in: Federal Capital Territory, where 98 percent are found and Nasarawa, where 2 percent are found. Excluding Nigeria this last name exists in 9 countries. It is also found in Papua New Guinea, where 21 percent are found and Cameroon, where 17 percent are found.
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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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