Dotiwa Surname
Approximately 56 people bear this surname
Dotiwa Surname Distribution Map
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| Nigeria | 29 | 1:6,108,371 | 148,179 |
| Niger | 26 | 1:738,154 | 17,467 |
| Cameroon | 1 | 1:20,769,068 | 227,406 |
Dotiwa (17) may also be a first name.
Dotiwa Last Name Facts
Where Does The Last Name Dotiwa Come From? nationality or country of origin
The last name Dotiwa is found most in Nigeria. It can appear as a variant:. For other possible spellings of this surname click here.
How Common Is The Last Name Dotiwa? popularity and diffusion
It is the 2,580,327th most commonly used surname globally, held by approximately 1 in 130,134,748 people. The surname Dotiwa occurs mostly in Africa, where 100 percent of Dotiwa live; 98 percent live in West Africa and 52 percent live in Atlantic-Niger Africa. Dotiwa is also the 2,694,839th most widely held first name internationally It is held by 17 people.
Dotiwa is most commonly used in Nigeria, where it is held by 29 people, or 1 in 6,108,371. In Nigeria Dotiwa is most numerous in: Adamawa, where 41 percent are found, Yobe, where 38 percent are found and Gombe, where 17 percent are found. Besides Nigeria this surname occurs in 2 countries. It also occurs in Niger, where 46 percent are found and Cameroon, where 2 percent are found.
Phonetically Similar Names
| Surname | Similarity | Worldwide Incidence | Prevalency |
|---|---|---|---|
| Dottiwa | 92 | 138 | / |
| Doutiwa | 92 | 1 | / |
| Datiwa | 83 | 43 | / |
| Dotywa | 83 | 3 | / |
| Dotiva | 83 | 1 | / |
| Dutiwa | 83 | 1 | / |
| Dotewa | 83 | 1 | / |
| Dattiwa | 77 | 30 | / |
| Doteuwa | 77 | 17 | / |
| Dotieva | 77 | 12 | / |
| Dottuwa | 77 | 11 | / |
| Dutiwad | 77 | 4 | / |
| Doutiba | 77 | 1 | / |
| Dustiwa | 77 | 1 | / |
| Dootieva | 71 | 18 | / |
| Doutaiba | 71 | 1 | / |
| Dativa | 67 | 2,587 | / |
| Dutywa | 67 | 703 | / |
| Datuwa | 67 | 23 | / |
| Doteva | 67 | 9 | / |
| Dotivo | 67 | 6 | / |
| Dutjwa | 67 | 5 | / |
| Dotevi | 67 | 4 | / |
| Dutiva | 67 | 2 | / |
| Datiba | 67 | 2 | / |
| Dotive | 67 | 1 | / |
| Detiva | 67 | 1 | / |
| Datiwo | 67 | 1 | / |
| Detuwa | 67 | 1 | / |
| Doiteiwei | 67 | 1 | / |
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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 Dotiwa
- To find out more about this surname's family history, lookup records on FamilySearch, MyHeritage, FindMyPast and Ancestry. Further information may be obtained by DNA analysis