Dioula Surname
Approximately 37 people bear this surname
Dioula Surname Distribution Map
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| Mauritania | 15 | 1:272,991 | 12,403 |
| Niger | 12 | 1:1,599,335 | 32,126 |
| United Arab Emirates | 4 | 1:2,290,568 | 60,372 |
| Cameroon | 2 | 1:10,384,534 | 165,830 |
| France | 1 | 1:66,422,722 | 504,397 |
| Iraq | 1 | 1:35,021,654 | 31,813 |
| Ivory Coast | 1 | 1:23,071,232 | 76,679 |
| Senegal | 1 | 1:14,579,342 | 11,705 |
Dioula (907) may also be a first name.
Dioula Last Name Facts
Where Does The Last Name Dioula Come From? nationality or country of origin
The surname Dioula (Arabic: ديولا, Hassaniya-Arabic: ﺟﻮﻟﻪ) occurs more in Mauritania more than any other country/territory. It may also be rendered as:. Click here for other potential spellings of Dioula.
How Common Is The Last Name Dioula? popularity and diffusion
It is the 3,228,735th most commonly used surname worldwide It is held by around 1 in 196,960,700 people. This last name occurs mostly in Africa, where 84 percent of Dioula live; 78 percent live in West Africa and 43 percent live in Senegambia Africa. Dioula is also the 269,394th most commonly occurring first name globally. It is borne by 907 people.
This last name is most commonly held in Mauritania, where it is held by 15 people, or 1 in 272,991. In Mauritania it is primarily concentrated in: Brakna Region, where 100 percent are found. Beside Mauritania Dioula is found in 7 countries. It also occurs in Niger, where 32 percent are found and The United Arab Emirates, where 11 percent are found.
Phonetically Similar Names
Dioula Name Transliterations
| Transliteration | ICU Latin | Percentage of Incidence |
|---|---|---|
| Dioula in the Hassaniya-Arabic language | ||
| ﺟﻮﻟﻪ | jwlh | 40 |
| ﺟﻮﻻ | jwla | 30 |
| ﺟﻮﻝ | jwl | 20 |
| ﺩﻳﻮﻻ | dywla | 10 |
| Dioula in the Arabic language | ||
| ديولا | dywla | - |
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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 Dioula
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