Dewa Surname
Approximately 18,671 people bear this surname
Dewa Surname Distribution Map
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| Indonesia | 6,658 | 1:19,863 | 2,413 |
| Japan | 2,669 | 1:47,900 | 3,915 |
| Cameroon | 2,093 | 1:9,923 | 1,313 |
| Zimbabwe | 1,948 | 1:7,925 | 917 |
| United Arab Emirates | 997 | 1:9,190 | 1,152 |
| Togo | 630 | 1:11,504 | 2,968 |
| DR Congo | 581 | 1:127,159 | 13,690 |
| Nigeria | 557 | 1:318,030 | 17,522 |
| Malaysia | 452 | 1:65,253 | 4,811 |
| Chad | 385 | 1:35,304 | 4,109 |
| Mauritania | 264 | 1:15,511 | 1,454 |
| Papua New Guinea | 182 | 1:44,801 | 5,515 |
| Benin | 174 | 1:59,400 | 7,340 |
| Ivory Coast | 172 | 1:134,135 | 6,466 |
| India | 160 | 1:4,794,159 | 122,003 |
| South Africa | 113 | 1:479,449 | 39,619 |
| United States | 109 | 1:3,325,311 | 189,554 |
| Pakistan | 73 | 1:2,447,177 | 21,607 |
| Niger | 71 | 1:270,310 | 8,391 |
| Qatar | 62 | 1:38,032 | 3,887 |
| Uganda | 59 | 1:661,683 | 33,952 |
| England | 57 | 1:977,510 | 48,999 |
| Afghanistan | 34 | 1:945,682 | 9,218 |
| Poland | 24 | 1:1,583,698 | 89,279 |
| Tanzania | 17 | 1:3,114,213 | 50,054 |
| Ethiopia | 16 | 1:6,096,641 | 11,907 |
| Guyana | 13 | 1:58,632 | 4,970 |
| Thailand | 11 | 1:6,421,668 | 407,040 |
| Madagascar | 9 | 1:2,627,760 | 3,802 |
| Slovenia | 7 | 1:355,382 | 17,336 |
| Denmark | 6 | 1:940,786 | 47,603 |
| Russia | 6 | 1:24,020,509 | 493,300 |
| Canada | 5 | 1:7,369,118 | 289,406 |
| Philippines | 5 | 1:20,247,645 | 262,352 |
| Sri Lanka | 4 | 1:5,202,140 | 12,146 |
| Liberia | 4 | 1:1,102,134 | 37,930 |
| Malawi | 4 | 1:4,279,777 | 24,060 |
| Bhutan | 4 | 1:154,010 | 967 |
| Australia | 3 | 1:8,998,567 | 200,784 |
| France | 3 | 1:22,140,907 | 385,998 |
| Germany | 3 | 1:26,835,153 | 452,368 |
| Maldives | 2 | 1:202,086 | 4,973 |
| Iceland | 2 | 1:190,045 | 6,825 |
| Solomon Islands | 1 | 1:580,029 | 22,243 |
| Austria | 1 | 1:8,515,435 | 118,036 |
| Bangladesh | 1 | 1:159,356,773 | 26,077 |
| Belgium | 1 | 1:11,496,644 | 167,539 |
| Mauritius | 1 | 1:1,293,417 | 16,552 |
| Botswana | 1 | 1:2,186,929 | 30,250 |
| Brazil | 1 | 1:214,074,332 | 1,693,628 |
| Brunei | 1 | 1:418,731 | 3,893 |
| Switzerland | 1 | 1:8,212,915 | 156,297 |
| Sweden | 1 | 1:9,846,757 | 347,448 |
| China | 1 | 1:1,367,321,566 | 51,149 |
| Fiji | 1 | 1:894,391 | 4,568 |
| Namibia | 1 | 1:2,409,401 | 19,676 |
| Finland | 1 | 1:5,496,702 | 84,025 |
| Mexico | 1 | 1:124,126,205 | 103,776 |
| Myanmar | 1 | 1:51,937,985 | 2,166 |
| Ghana | 1 | 1:27,020,692 | 23,742 |
| Iran | 1 | 1:76,782,524 | 277,718 |
| Israel | 1 | 1:8,557,634 | 182,558 |
| Norway | 1 | 1:5,142,286 | 129,201 |
| Italy | 1 | 1:61,156,688 | 199,583 |
| Kenya | 1 | 1:46,179,900 | 103,372 |
| Nepal | 1 | 1:28,480,956 | 22,413 |
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| United States | 6 | 1:8,369,781 | 355,680 |
Dewa (110,559) may also be a first name.
Dewa Demographics
Average Dewa Salary in
United States
$49,878 USD
Per year
Average Salary in
United States
$43,149 USD
Per year
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Dewa Last Name Facts
Where Does The Last Name Dewa Come From? nationality or country of origin
The surname Dewa (Hassaniya-Arabic: ﺍﻟﺪﻭ, Hindi: डेवा, Oriya: େଦୱା, Tibetan: བདེ་བ་) is most common in Indonesia. It may occur as:. For other potential spellings of Dewa click here.
How Common Is The Last Name Dewa? popularity and diffusion
The surname Dewa is the 28,762nd most numerous surname on earth, held by around 1 in 390,314 people. The last name is mostly found in Asia, where 60 percent of Dewa are found; 38 percent are found in Southeast Asia and 38 percent are found in Malayo-Arabic Southeast Asia. It is also the 9,295th most prevalent first name world-wide, held by 110,559 people.
This last name is most commonly held in Indonesia, where it is carried by 6,658 people, or 1 in 19,863. In Indonesia it is most frequent in: East Nusa Tenggara, where 20 percent live, West Java, where 13 percent live and Jakarta, where 13 percent live. Not including Indonesia Dewa exists in 65 countries. It is also found in Japan, where 14 percent live and Cameroon, where 11 percent live.
Dewa Family Population Trend historical fluctuation
The incidence of Dewa has changed over time. In The United States the number of people who held the Dewa surname rose 1,817 percent between 1880 and 2014.
Dewa Last Name Statistics demography
The religious adherence of those holding the Dewa last name is primarily Christian (100%) in Nigeria.
In The United States those holding the Dewa last name are 13.44% more likely to be registered Democrats than the national average, with 66.67% registered with the political party.
The amount Dewa earn in different countries varies marginally. In South Africa they earn 20.04% more than the national average, earning R 285,252 per year and in United States they earn 15.59% more than the national average, earning $49,878 USD per year.
Phonetically Similar Names
Dewa Name Transliterations
| Transliteration | ICU Latin | Percentage of Incidence |
|---|---|---|
| Dewa in the Oriya language | ||
| େଦୱା | edawa | 79.07 |
| େଦୱ | edawa | 6.98 |
| େଦଓା | edaoa | 4.65 |
| େଦବା | edaba | 2.33 |
| େବୱା | ebawa | 2.33 |
| େବରା | ebara | 2.33 |
| େଗାଲା | egala | 2.33 |
| Dewa in the Tibetan language | ||
| བདེ་བ་ | dewa | 57.14 |
| བདེ་ཝ། | déwa | 9.52 |
| བདེ་བ། | dewa | 9.52 |
| ཟླ་བ། | dawa | 4.76 |
| བདེ་བ | dewa | 4.76 |
| བེད་ལྦ། | béba | 4.76 |
| དྷེ་ཝ། | deva | 4.76 |
| འདི་བ། | diwa | 4.76 |
| Dewa in the Hindi language | ||
| डेवा | deva | 55 |
| देवा | deva | 40 |
| Dewa in the Hassaniya-Arabic language | ||
| ﺍﻟﺪﻭ | aldw | 47.92 |
| ﺩﻭﻩ | dwh | 17.71 |
| ﺍﻟﺪﻭﻩ | aldwh | 14.58 |
| ﺩﻭ | dw | 4.17 |
| ﺩﻭﺍ | dwa | 4.17 |
| ﺍﻟﺪﻭﺍﺀ | aldwa | 3.13 |
| ﺍﺩﻭ | adw | 2.08 |
| ﺍﻟﺪﻭﺍ | aldwa | 2.08 |
| ﺍﺩﻭﻩ | adwh | 1.04 |
| ﺍﺩﻭﺍ | adwa | 1.04 |
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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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- Similar: Names listed in the "Similar" section are phonetically similar and may not have any relation to Dewa
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