Dhawood Surname

2,843,861st
Most Common
surname in the World

Approximately 47 people bear this surname

Most prevalent in:
Maldives
Highest density in:
Maldives

Dhawood Surname

The meaning of this surname is not listed.

Dhawood Surname Distribution Map

PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
Maldives311:13,038968
India71:109,580,769786,157
Saudi Arabia41:7,713,95437,548
United Arab Emirates41:2,290,56860,372
Nigeria11:177,142,758748,972

Dhawood (17) may also be a first name.

Dhawood Last Name Facts

Where Does The Last Name Dhawood Come From? nationality or country of origin

The surname Dhawood is carried by more people in The Maldives than any other country/territory. It can also be rendered as a variant:. For other possible spellings of this surname click here.

How Common Is The Last Name Dhawood? popularity and diffusion

Dhawood is the 2,843,861st most numerous last name throughout the world. It is borne by around 1 in 155,054,168 people. Dhawood is predominantly found in Asia, where 98 percent of Dhawood live; 81 percent live in South Asia and 66 percent live in Islamic South Asia. Dhawood is also the 2,694,839th most commonly held first name globally. It is borne by 17 people.

This last name is most commonly occurring in The Maldives, where it is carried by 31 people, or 1 in 13,038. In The Maldives it is most numerous in: Baa Atoll, where 23 percent live, Malé, where 23 percent live and Haa Dhaalu Atoll, where 19 percent live. Not including The Maldives Dhawood exists in 4 countries. It also occurs in India, where 15 percent live and Saudi Arabia, where 9 percent live.

Phonetically Similar Names

SurnameSimilarityWorldwide IncidencePrevalency
Dhawoodh933/
Dawood92400,497/
D'Haywood881/
Dhaawoodh881/
Daywood86112/
Dawoodh8612/
Daewood869/
Dawwood867/
Daawood864/
Dhavood864/
Da'wood861/
Dawoodd861/
Dauwood861/
Daswood861/
Deawood861/
Ddawood861/
Dawhood861/
Dawod8323,901/
Dhavoodh803/
Dachwood800/
Dawoud7733,523/
Davood7720,475/
Dhawad77151/
Dawuod77124/
Dewood77105/
Dawwod7738/
Dowood7727/
Dawoed7712/
Dawoid777/
Daawod775/
Dawoot772/
Dawodd772/
Dabood772/
Daw'od771/
Dajwod771/
Dawoodová751/
Dahawad7141/
Dawooth7113/
Daewoud713/
Dhaywad712/
Davoodh712/
Deawoud711/
Dhaswad711/
Davoodt711/
Dawoudd711/
Dawud6726,153/
Dawad67984/
Dabod6789/
Dawot6751/
Davod6750/
Dowod676/
Dowwoods673/
Dovod672/
Dewod671/
Hdavoodh671/

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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 Dhawood
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