Dawou Surname
Approximately 46 people bear this surname
Dawou Surname Distribution Map
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| Benin | 30 | 1:344,520 | 26,827 |
| Niger | 11 | 1:1,744,729 | 34,351 |
| Cameroon | 2 | 1:10,384,534 | 165,830 |
| Burkina Faso | 1 | 1:18,352,100 | 30,051 |
| Senegal | 1 | 1:14,579,342 | 11,705 |
| Spain | 1 | 1:46,752,036 | 156,870 |
Dawou (28) may also be a first name.
Dawou Last Name Facts
Where Does The Last Name Dawou Come From? nationality or country of origin
The surname Dawou is more frequently found in Benin than any other country or territory. It can occur in the variant forms:. Click here for further possible spellings of this last name.
How Common Is The Last Name Dawou? popularity and diffusion
The surname is the 2,876,555th most numerous last name on a worldwide basis, borne by around 1 in 158,424,911 people. The surname is predominantly found in Africa, where 98 percent of Dawou are found; 93 percent are found in West Africa and 65 percent are found in Atlantic-Niger Africa. It is also the 1,994,417th most widespread first name in the world It is held by 28 people.
It is most numerous in Benin, where it is borne by 30 people, or 1 in 344,520. In Benin Dawou is mostly found in: Zou Department, where 90 percent are found, Borgou Department, where 3 percent are found and Collines Department, where 3 percent are found. Besides Benin it is found in 5 countries. It is also found in Niger, where 24 percent are found and Cameroon, where 4 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 Dawou
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