Djouwa Surname
Approximately 299 people bear this surname
Djouwa Surname Distribution Map
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| Cameroon | 204 | 1:101,809 | 12,019 |
| Benin | 37 | 1:279,341 | 23,629 |
| Ivory Coast | 29 | 1:795,560 | 21,349 |
| Niger | 24 | 1:799,667 | 18,510 |
| Togo | 4 | 1:1,811,942 | 8,122 |
| Mauritania | 1 | 1:4,094,863 | 38,869 |
Djouwa (152) may also be a first name.
Djouwa Last Name Facts
Where Does The Last Name Djouwa Come From? nationality or country of origin
Djouwa (Hassaniya-Arabic: ﺍﺟﻮﻩ) occurs in Cameroon more than any other country/territory. It may occur as a variant:. Click here for further possible spellings of Djouwa.
How Common Is The Last Name Djouwa? popularity and diffusion
This surname is the 895,817th most frequent surname on a worldwide basis, held by around 1 in 24,373,063 people. This last name occurs predominantly in Africa, where 96 percent of Djouwa reside; 67 percent reside in Central Africa and 67 percent reside in Central Bantu Africa. It is also the 746,252nd most commonly used first name throughout the world, held by 152 people.
This last name is most frequently occurring in Cameroon, where it is carried by 204 people, or 1 in 101,809. In Cameroon it is most numerous in: Centre Region, where 43 percent live, West Region, where 41 percent live and Littoral Region, where 12 percent live. Excluding Cameroon Djouwa is found in 5 countries. It also occurs in Benin, where 12 percent live and The Ivory Coast, where 10 percent live.
Phonetically Similar Names
Djouwa Name Transliterations
| Transliteration | ICU Latin | Percentage of Incidence |
|---|---|---|
| Djouwa in the Hassaniya-Arabic language | ||
| ﺍﺟﻮﻩ | ajwh | - |
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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 Djouwa
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