Dodwe Surname
Approximately 216 people bear this surname
Dodwe Surname Distribution Map
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| Tanzania | 210 | 1:252,103 | 20,382 |
| India | 5 | 1:153,413,076 | 951,030 |
| Cameroon | 1 | 1:20,769,068 | 227,406 |
Dodwe Last Name Facts
Where Does The Last Name Dodwe Come From? nationality or country of origin
The last name Dodwe is borne by more people in Tanzania than any other country/territory. It can be rendered as:. For other potential spellings of this surname click here.
How Common Is The Last Name Dodwe? popularity and diffusion
This surname is the 1,121,821st most frequent last name at a global level, held by around 1 in 33,738,638 people. It is predominantly found in Africa, where 98 percent of Dodwe live; 97 percent live in East Africa and 97 percent live in East Bantu Africa.
The last name is most widespread in Tanzania, where it is borne by 210 people, or 1 in 252,103. In Tanzania it is most common in: Kigoma Region, where 100 percent live. Apart from Tanzania Dodwe occurs in 2 countries. It also occurs in India, where 2 percent live and Cameroon, where 0 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
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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 Dodwe
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