Dawoye Surname
Approximately 13 people bear this surname
Dawoye Surname Distribution Map
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| Nigeria | 8 | 1:22,142,845 | 310,552 |
| Niger | 4 | 1:4,798,004 | 75,547 |
| DR Congo | 1 | 1:73,879,570 | 260,543 |
Dawoye (13) may also be a first name.
Dawoye Last Name Facts
Where Does The Last Name Dawoye Come From? nationality or country of origin
Dawoye occurs in Nigeria more than any other country/territory. It may also occur in the variant forms:. For other potential spellings of this last name click here.
How Common Is The Last Name Dawoye? popularity and diffusion
Dawoye is the 5,391,485th most frequently occurring surname world-wide, held by approximately 1 in 560,580,455 people. It occurs predominantly in Africa, where 100 percent of Dawoye are found; 92 percent are found in West Africa and 62 percent are found in Atlantic-Niger Africa. Dawoye is also the 3,159,357th most frequently used forename worldwide, borne by 13 people.
This last name is most frequent in Nigeria, where it is held by 8 people, or 1 in 22,142,845. In Nigeria it is mostly found in: Rivers, where 75 percent live, Taraba, where 13 percent live and Yobe, where 13 percent live. Other than Nigeria Dawoye exists in 2 countries. It is also found in Niger, where 31 percent live and The DR Congo, where 8 percent live.
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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 Dawoye
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