Dawoda Surname
Approximately 104 people bear this surname
Dawoda Surname Distribution Map
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| Nigeria | 79 | 1:2,242,313 | 76,227 |
| Liberia | 15 | 1:293,902 | 16,977 |
| Cameroon | 6 | 1:3,461,511 | 126,814 |
| Ghana | 1 | 1:27,020,692 | 23,742 |
| Pakistan | 1 | 1:178,643,885 | 213,220 |
| Papua New Guinea | 1 | 1:8,153,717 | 181,784 |
| United States | 1 | 1:362,458,933 | 1,988,048 |
Dawoda (259) may also be a first name.
Dawoda Last Name Facts
Where Does The Last Name Dawoda Come From? nationality or country of origin
Dawoda (Hassaniya-Arabic: ﺩﺍﻭﺩﺍ) occurs most in Nigeria. It may also be found in the variant forms:. For other potential spellings of this last name click here.
How Common Is The Last Name Dawoda? popularity and diffusion
The surname Dawoda is the 1,806,862nd most common family name worldwide. It is borne by around 1 in 70,072,557 people. The surname occurs predominantly in Africa, where 97 percent of Dawoda are found; 91 percent are found in West Africa and 77 percent are found in Atlantic-Niger Africa. It is also the 553,262nd most prevalent forename world-wide. It is borne by 259 people.
It is most frequently held in Nigeria, where it is borne by 79 people, or 1 in 2,242,313. In Nigeria it is most numerous in: Lagos, where 28 percent reside, Oyo, where 14 percent reside and Kaduna, where 10 percent reside. Beside Nigeria Dawoda is found in 6 countries. It is also common in Liberia, where 14 percent reside and Cameroon, where 6 percent reside.
Phonetically Similar Names
Dawoda Name Transliterations
| Transliteration | ICU Latin | Percentage of Incidence |
|---|---|---|
| Dawoda in the Hassaniya-Arabic language | ||
| ﺩﺍﻭﺩﺍ | dawda | - |
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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
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- 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 Dawoda
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