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 more frequently found in Zimbabwe than any other country or territory. It may also appear in the variant forms:. Click here to see other potential spellings of this surname.
How Common Is The Last Name Dehwa? popularity and diffusion
This last name is the 891,661st most commonly occurring family name on a global scale, held by around 1 in 24,211,116 people. It is mostly found in Africa, where 95 percent of Dehwa reside; 94 percent reside in Southern Africa and 94 percent reside in South Bantu Africa. It is also the 1,951,561st most commonly held given name throughout the world, held by 29 people.
This last name is most frequent in Zimbabwe, where it is held by 283 people, or 1 in 54,552. In Zimbabwe Dehwa is primarily found in: Masvingo Province, where 65 percent live, Midlands Province, where 16 percent live and Harare Province, where 9 percent live. Other than Zimbabwe Dehwa is found in 4 countries. It also occurs in Pakistan, where 5 percent live and Cameroon, where 0 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 Dehwa
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