Dehwar Surname
Approximately 189 people bear this surname
Dehwar Surname Distribution Map
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| Nigeria | 103 | 1:1,719,833 | 63,088 |
| Mauritania | 65 | 1:62,998 | 4,372 |
| Pakistan | 17 | 1:10,508,464 | 49,949 |
| Afghanistan | 4 | 1:8,038,296 | 30,874 |
Dehwar (11) may also be a first name.
Dehwar Last Name Facts
Where Does The Last Name Dehwar Come From? nationality or country of origin
Dehwar (Hassaniya-Arabic: ﺩﻫﻮﺍﺭ) is carried by more people in Nigeria than any other country/territory. It can appear as a variant:. For other possible spellings of this surname click here.
How Common Is The Last Name Dehwar? popularity and diffusion
This last name is the 1,231,034th most commonly occurring last name on a worldwide basis, held by approximately 1 in 38,558,444 people. This surname is predominantly found in Africa, where 89 percent of Dehwar live; 89 percent live in West Africa and 54 percent live in Atlantic-Niger Africa. It is also the 3,487,849th most common first name at a global level, held by 11 people.
The surname is most commonly held in Nigeria, where it is carried by 103 people, or 1 in 1,719,833. In Nigeria Dehwar is most frequent in: Benue, where 100 percent are found. Other than Nigeria it is found in 3 countries. It is also found in Mauritania, where 34 percent are found and Pakistan, where 9 percent are found.
Phonetically Similar Names
Dehwar Name Transliterations
| Transliteration | ICU Latin | Percentage of Incidence |
|---|---|---|
| Dehwar in the Hassaniya-Arabic language | ||
| ﺩﻫﻮﺍﺭ | dhwar | 96.3 |
| ﺩﻫﻮﺭ | dhwr | 3.7 |
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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
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- 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 Dehwar
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