Dawouda Surname
Approximately 33 people bear this surname
Dawouda Surname Distribution Map
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| Cameroon | 15 | 1:1,384,605 | 80,726 |
| Niger | 10 | 1:1,919,202 | 37,248 |
| Benin | 2 | 1:5,167,801 | 84,334 |
| Burkina Faso | 2 | 1:9,176,050 | 23,741 |
| Mauritania | 2 | 1:2,047,432 | 30,537 |
| Liberia | 1 | 1:4,408,535 | 47,110 |
| United States | 1 | 1:362,458,933 | 1,988,048 |
Dawouda (89) may also be a first name.
Dawouda Last Name Facts
Where Does The Last Name Dawouda Come From? nationality or country of origin
The last name Dawouda (Hassaniya-Arabic: ﺩﺍﻭﺩﺍ) occurs most in Cameroon. It may appear as:. Click here to see other potential spellings of this name.
How Common Is The Last Name Dawouda? popularity and diffusion
Dawouda is the 3,432,070th most commonly used family name globally. It is borne by approximately 1 in 220,834,725 people. It is mostly found in Africa, where 97 percent of Dawouda live; 85 percent live in West Africa and 58 percent live in Chadic Africa. It is also the 1,011,231st most frequently held first name in the world. It is borne by 89 people.
This last name is most commonly held in Cameroon, where it is held by 15 people, or 1 in 1,384,605. In Cameroon it is most prevalent in: Far North Region, where 60 percent reside, Adamawa Region, where 13 percent reside and North Region, where 13 percent reside. Barring Cameroon it occurs in 6 countries. It also occurs in Niger, where 30 percent reside and Benin, where 6 percent reside.
Phonetically Similar Names
Dawouda Name Transliterations
| Transliteration | ICU Latin | Percentage of Incidence |
|---|---|---|
| Dawouda in the Hassaniya-Arabic language | ||
| ﺩﺍﻭﺩﺍ | dawda | 27.27 |
| ﺩﺍﻭﻭﺩ | dawwd | 22.73 |
| ﺩﺍﻭﺩ | dawd | 22.73 |
| ﺩﺍﻭﻭﺩﺍ | dawwda | 22.73 |
| ﺩﺍﻭﺩﻩ | dawdh | 4.55 |
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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 Dawouda
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