Dehwa Surname
Approximately 301 people bear this surname
Dehwa Surname Distribution Map
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| Zimbabwe | 283 | 1:54,552 | 8,269 |
| Pakistan | 15 | 1:11,909,592 | 53,778 |
| Cameroon | 1 | 1:20,769,068 | 227,406 |
| Lebanon | 1 | 1:5,637,083 | 32,436 |
| Tanzania | 1 | 1:52,941,613 | 123,716 |
Dehwa (29) may also be a first name.
Dehwa Last Name Facts
Where Does The Last Name Dehwa Come From? nationality or country of origin
Dehwa is held by more people in Zimbabwe than any other country or territory. It can also appear as:. Click here for other possible spellings of Dehwa.
How Common Is The Last Name Dehwa? popularity and diffusion
It is the 891,661st most commonly used surname world-wide. It is borne by approximately 1 in 24,211,116 people. This last name occurs predominantly in Africa, where 95 percent of Dehwa are found; 94 percent are found in Southern Africa and 94 percent are found in South Bantu Africa. Dehwa is also the 1,951,561st most commonly held first name in the world. It is borne by 29 people.
The surname Dehwa is most frequently occurring in Zimbabwe, where it is held by 283 people, or 1 in 54,552. In Zimbabwe it is most common in: Masvingo Province, where 65 percent are found, Midlands Province, where 16 percent are found and Harare Province, where 9 percent are found. Besides Zimbabwe this surname is found in 4 countries. It also occurs in Pakistan, where 5 percent are found and Cameroon, where 0 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 Dehwa
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