Dewana Surname
Approximately 1,639 people bear this surname
Dewana Surname Distribution Map
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| Afghanistan | 1,048 | 1:30,681 | 1,304 |
| Indonesia | 453 | 1:291,941 | 26,064 |
| Pakistan | 82 | 1:2,178,584 | 20,204 |
| India | 20 | 1:38,353,269 | 431,471 |
| Papua New Guinea | 18 | 1:452,984 | 57,838 |
| Canada | 7 | 1:5,263,656 | 239,735 |
| Malaysia | 4 | 1:7,373,556 | 230,001 |
| United States | 2 | 1:181,229,466 | 1,556,795 |
| Netherlands | 1 | 1:16,887,176 | 156,465 |
| New Zealand | 1 | 1:4,528,323 | 55,372 |
| Oman | 1 | 1:3,687,971 | 14,390 |
| Singapore | 1 | 1:5,507,703 | 47,049 |
| Uganda | 1 | 1:39,039,279 | 258,887 |
Dewana (1,584) may also be a first name.
Dewana Last Name Facts
Where Does The Last Name Dewana Come From? nationality or country of origin
The last name Dewana (Oriya: େଦୱାନା) is carried by more people in Afghanistan than any other country/territory. It may also be rendered as a variant:. For other potential spellings of this last name click here.
How Common Is The Last Name Dewana? popularity and diffusion
The surname is the 243,312th most widely held surname at a global level. It is borne by around 1 in 4,446,337 people. This surname occurs mostly in Asia, where 98 percent of Dewana reside; 70 percent reside in South Asia and 69 percent reside in Islamic South Asia. Dewana is also the 194,304th most frequent first name worldwide, held by 1,584 people.
This surname is most widely held in Afghanistan, where it is borne by 1,048 people, or 1 in 30,681. In Afghanistan it is most prevalent in: Takhar, where 32 percent live, Faryab, where 22 percent live and Kunduz, where 19 percent live. Other than Afghanistan Dewana occurs in 12 countries. It is also common in Indonesia, where 28 percent live and Pakistan, where 5 percent live.
Phonetically Similar Names
Dewana Name Transliterations
| Transliteration | ICU Latin | Percentage of Incidence |
|---|---|---|
| Dewana in the Oriya language | ||
| େଦୱାନା | edawana | 85.71 |
| େଦୱାନ | edawana | 14.29 |
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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
- Heatmap: Dark red means there is a higher occurrence of the name, transitioning to light yellow signifies a progressively lower occurrence. Clicking on selected countries will show mapping at a regional level
- 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 Dewana
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