Dawuya Surname
Approximately 17 people bear this surname
Dawuya Surname Distribution Map
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| Nigeria | 14 | 1:12,653,054 | 227,444 |
| Liberia | 1 | 1:4,408,535 | 47,110 |
| Malawi | 1 | 1:17,119,109 | 34,144 |
| Uganda | 1 | 1:39,039,279 | 258,887 |
Dawuya (17) may also be a first name.
Dawuya Last Name Facts
Where Does The Last Name Dawuya Come From? nationality or country of origin
The surname Dawuya is found most frequently in Nigeria. It may also be rendered in the variant forms:. For other possible spellings of Dawuya click here.
How Common Is The Last Name Dawuya? popularity and diffusion
It is the 4,772,636th most common surname at a global level, borne by approximately 1 in 428,679,172 people. The last name Dawuya occurs predominantly in Africa, where 100 percent of Dawuya are found; 88 percent are found in West Africa and 82 percent are found in Atlantic-Niger Africa. Dawuya is also the 2,694,839th most frequently occurring first name internationally, borne by 17 people.
The last name is most widely held in Nigeria, where it is held by 14 people, or 1 in 12,653,054. In Nigeria it is most common in: Niger, where 43 percent reside, Nasarawa, where 36 percent reside and Federal Capital Territory, where 7 percent reside. Without taking into account Nigeria Dawuya occurs in 3 countries. It also occurs in Liberia, where 6 percent reside and Malawi, where 6 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 Dawuya
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