Dewah Surname
Approximately 662 people bear this surname
Dewah Surname Distribution Map
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| Zimbabwe | 434 | 1:35,572 | 5,482 |
| Cameroon | 93 | 1:223,323 | 22,423 |
| Pakistan | 35 | 1:5,104,111 | 32,876 |
| Botswana | 33 | 1:66,271 | 11,607 |
| Mauritania | 17 | 1:240,874 | 11,443 |
| Liberia | 13 | 1:339,118 | 18,650 |
| England | 11 | 1:5,065,278 | 148,650 |
| South Africa | 10 | 1:5,417,770 | 150,016 |
| Australia | 2 | 1:13,497,850 | 222,987 |
| United States | 2 | 1:181,229,466 | 1,556,795 |
| Trinidad and Tobago | 2 | 1:681,988 | 17,017 |
| Scotland | 2 | 1:2,676,908 | 51,579 |
| Nigeria | 2 | 1:88,571,379 | 625,098 |
| Ivory Coast | 1 | 1:23,071,232 | 76,679 |
| Iran | 1 | 1:76,782,524 | 277,718 |
| Indonesia | 1 | 1:132,249,194 | 811,426 |
| Guyana | 1 | 1:762,221 | 14,420 |
| France | 1 | 1:66,422,722 | 504,397 |
| Algeria | 1 | 1:38,631,551 | 130,422 |
Dewah (314) may also be a first name.
Dewah Last Name Facts
Where Does The Last Name Dewah Come From? nationality or country of origin
The surname Dewah (Hassaniya-Arabic: ﺩﻭﺍﻩ) occurs more in Zimbabwe more than any other country/territory. It can also appear as a variant:. For other potential spellings of this last name click here.
How Common Is The Last Name Dewah? popularity and diffusion
This surname is the 497,847th most commonly held last name globally. It is borne by around 1 in 11,008,378 people. This last name occurs mostly in Africa, where 91 percent of Dewah are found; 72 percent are found in Southern Africa and 72 percent are found in South Bantu Africa. Dewah is also the 495,703rd most prevalent first name in the world It is held by 314 people.
It is most prevalent in Zimbabwe, where it is held by 434 people, or 1 in 35,572. In Zimbabwe Dewah is most prevalent in: Masvingo Province, where 23 percent reside, Midlands Province, where 22 percent reside and Bulawayo Province, where 20 percent reside. Apart from Zimbabwe it is found in 18 countries. It is also common in Cameroon, where 14 percent reside and Pakistan, where 5 percent reside.
Phonetically Similar Names
Dewah Name Transliterations
| Transliteration | ICU Latin | Percentage of Incidence |
|---|---|---|
| Dewah in the Hassaniya-Arabic language | ||
| ﺩﻭﺍﻩ | dwah | 62.5 |
| ﺍﻟﺪﻭﺍﻩ | aldwah | 37.5 |
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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 Dewah
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