Dhewa Surname
Approximately 953 people bear this surname
Dhewa Surname Distribution Map
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| Zimbabwe | 600 | 1:25,730 | 3,929 |
| Indonesia | 320 | 1:413,279 | 34,865 |
| India | 22 | 1:34,866,608 | 408,224 |
| Namibia | 3 | 1:803,134 | 15,170 |
| England | 2 | 1:27,859,030 | 389,889 |
| South Africa | 2 | 1:27,088,852 | 277,613 |
| United States | 2 | 1:181,229,466 | 1,556,795 |
| Niger | 1 | 1:19,192,017 | 110,060 |
| Uganda | 1 | 1:39,039,279 | 258,887 |
Dhewa (92) may also be a first name.
Dhewa Last Name Facts
Where Does The Last Name Dhewa Come From? nationality or country of origin
Dhewa is most common in Zimbabwe. It may appear as a variant:. For other possible spellings of this surname click here.
How Common Is The Last Name Dhewa? popularity and diffusion
The surname is the 375,572nd most commonly used family name at a global level, borne by around 1 in 7,646,953 people. The surname occurs mostly in Africa, where 64 percent of Dhewa reside; 63 percent reside in Southern Africa and 63 percent reside in South Bantu Africa. It is also the 992,070th most commonly occurring first name on earth. It is borne by 92 people.
It is most frequently used in Zimbabwe, where it is borne by 600 people, or 1 in 25,730. In Zimbabwe Dhewa is primarily concentrated in: Midlands Province, where 44 percent live, Masvingo Province, where 21 percent live and Mashonaland West Province, where 10 percent live. Not including Zimbabwe this surname exists in 8 countries. It also occurs in Indonesia, where 34 percent live and India, where 2 percent live.
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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 Dhewa
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