Dehwah Surname
Approximately 30 people bear this surname
Dehwah Surname Distribution Map
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| Zimbabwe | 16 | 1:964,890 | 61,721 |
| Liberia | 10 | 1:440,854 | 21,753 |
| South Africa | 3 | 1:18,059,235 | 248,362 |
| Saudi Arabia | 1 | 1:30,855,817 | 63,028 |
Dehwah Last Name Facts
Where Does The Last Name Dehwah Come From? nationality or country of origin
Dehwah occurs more in Zimbabwe more than any other country or territory. It may occur in the variant forms:. Click here for other potential spellings of this last name.
How Common Is The Last Name Dehwah? popularity and diffusion
The surname is the 3,602,217th most common family name in the world, borne by around 1 in 242,918,197 people. The last name Dehwah occurs predominantly in Africa, where 97 percent of Dehwah are found; 63 percent are found in Southern Africa and 63 percent are found in South Bantu Africa.
This surname is most numerous in Zimbabwe, where it is carried by 16 people, or 1 in 964,890. In Zimbabwe it is most common in: Masvingo Province, where 94 percent are found and Harare Province, where 6 percent are found. Besides Zimbabwe Dehwah exists in 3 countries. It is also found in Liberia, where 33 percent are found and South Africa, where 10 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 Dehwah
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