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 last name Dewa (Hassaniya-Arabic: ﺍﻟﺪﻭ, Hindi: डेवा, Oriya: େଦୱା, Tibetan: བདེ་བ་) occurs more in Indonesia more than any other country or territory. It may appear as a variant:. Click here to see other possible spellings of this last name.
How Common Is The Last Name Dewa? popularity and diffusion
The last name is the 28,762nd most widely held last name globally It is held by approximately 1 in 390,314 people. It occurs predominantly in Asia, where 60 percent of Dewa live; 38 percent live in Southeast Asia and 38 percent live in Malayo-Arabic Southeast Asia. It is also the 9,295th most frequent given name on earth, borne by 110,559 people.
This surname is most commonly used in Indonesia, where it is borne by 6,658 people, or 1 in 19,863. In Indonesia Dewa is most common in: East Nusa Tenggara, where 20 percent reside, West Java, where 13 percent reside and Jakarta, where 13 percent reside. Not including Indonesia this last name is found in 65 countries. It is also found in Japan, where 14 percent reside and Cameroon, where 11 percent reside.
Dewa Family Population Trend historical fluctuation
The frequency of Dewa has changed over time. In The United States the number of people who held the Dewa last name rose 1,817 percent between 1880 and 2014.
Dewa Last Name Statistics demography
The religious devotion of those carrying the last name is principally Christian (100%) in Nigeria.
In The United States those holding the Dewa last name are 13.44% more likely to be registered with the Democratic Party than the national average, with 66.67% being registered to vote for 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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- 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 Dewa
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