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
The last name Dehwar (Hassaniya-Arabic: ﺩﻫﻮﺍﺭ) is more frequently found in Nigeria than any other country/territory. It can occur in the variant forms:. For other possible spellings of this name click here.
How Common Is The Last Name Dehwar? popularity and diffusion
This surname is the 1,231,034th most widespread surname on earth. It is borne by approximately 1 in 38,558,444 people. The surname Dehwar occurs mostly in Africa, where 89 percent of Dehwar reside; 89 percent reside in West Africa and 54 percent reside in Atlantic-Niger Africa. Dehwar is also the 3,487,849th most commonly occurring forename throughout the world. It is borne by 11 people.
The surname Dehwar is most commonly used in Nigeria, where it is held by 103 people, or 1 in 1,719,833. In Nigeria it is most prevalent in: Benue, where 100 percent live. Outside of Nigeria this surname exists in 3 countries. It also occurs in Mauritania, where 34 percent live and Pakistan, where 9 percent live.
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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