Dawuk Surname
Approximately 131 people bear this surname
Dawuk Surname Distribution Map
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| Nigeria | 130 | 1:1,362,637 | 53,337 |
| Papua New Guinea | 1 | 1:8,153,717 | 181,784 |
Dawuk (108) may also be a first name.
Dawuk Last Name Facts
Where Does The Last Name Dawuk Come From? nationality or country of origin
The surname Dawuk is more frequently found in Nigeria than any other country/territory. It can also be rendered in the variant forms:. For other possible spellings of this surname click here.
How Common Is The Last Name Dawuk? popularity and diffusion
It is the 1,565,797th most widespread surname on a global scale It is held by approximately 1 in 55,630,121 people. This last name is predominantly found in Africa, where 99 percent of Dawuk live; 99 percent live in West Africa and 99 percent live in Atlantic-Niger Africa. It is also the 904,892nd most frequently held forename throughout the world, borne by 108 people.
The surname Dawuk is most commonly held in Nigeria, where it is carried by 130 people, or 1 in 1,362,637. In Nigeria Dawuk is mostly concentrated in: Plateau, where 69 percent are found, Federal Capital Territory, where 12 percent are found and Nasarawa, where 6 percent are found. Without taking into account Nigeria Dawuk occurs in one country. It is also found in Papua New Guinea, where 1 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 Dawuk
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