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
Dawou is held by more people in Benin than any other country or territory. It can also be rendered as a variant:. Click here for other potential spellings of this name.
How Common Is The Last Name Dawou? popularity and diffusion
It is the 2,876,555th most frequently used family name world-wide It is held by around 1 in 158,424,911 people. The surname is predominantly found in Africa, where 98 percent of Dawou reside; 93 percent reside in West Africa and 65 percent reside in Atlantic-Niger Africa. Dawou is also the 1,994,417th most commonly used first name worldwide It is held by 28 people.
It is most widely held in Benin, where it is carried by 30 people, or 1 in 344,520. In Benin Dawou is most common in: Zou Department, where 90 percent reside, Borgou Department, where 3 percent reside and Collines Department, where 3 percent reside. Outside of Benin this surname is found in 5 countries. It also occurs in Niger, where 24 percent reside and Cameroon, where 4 percent reside.
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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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