Dounia Surname
Approximately 9,682 people bear this surname
Dounia Surname Distribution Map
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| Chad | 4,718 | 1:2,881 | 504 |
| Morocco | 3,987 | 1:8,647 | 1,152 |
| Cameroon | 463 | 1:44,858 | 5,898 |
| Algeria | 178 | 1:217,031 | 25,000 |
| Greece | 166 | 1:66,746 | 11,180 |
| Central African Republic | 49 | 1:92,151 | 23 |
| Niger | 23 | 1:834,436 | 19,133 |
| Spain | 15 | 1:3,116,802 | 65,296 |
| France | 15 | 1:4,428,181 | 244,602 |
| Mauritania | 11 | 1:372,260 | 15,230 |
| Saudi Arabia | 9 | 1:3,428,424 | 32,607 |
| Canada | 5 | 1:7,369,118 | 289,406 |
| Venezuela | 4 | 1:7,551,019 | 53,668 |
| Germany | 3 | 1:26,835,153 | 452,368 |
| Australia | 3 | 1:8,998,567 | 200,784 |
| Belgium | 3 | 1:3,832,215 | 117,288 |
| Burkina Faso | 2 | 1:9,176,050 | 23,741 |
| United States | 2 | 1:181,229,466 | 1,556,795 |
| United Arab Emirates | 2 | 1:4,581,136 | 93,443 |
| Senegal | 2 | 1:7,289,671 | 8,117 |
| Benin | 2 | 1:5,167,801 | 84,334 |
| Netherlands | 2 | 1:8,443,588 | 136,641 |
| Malaysia | 2 | 1:14,747,112 | 316,340 |
| Ivory Coast | 2 | 1:11,535,616 | 61,806 |
| Denmark | 2 | 1:2,822,358 | 76,882 |
| China | 1 | 1:1,367,321,566 | 51,149 |
| Egypt | 1 | 1:91,935,754 | 132,737 |
| Hungary | 1 | 1:9,816,277 | 73,288 |
| Guinea | 1 | 1:11,833,817 | 3,268 |
| Russia | 1 | 1:144,123,056 | 881,408 |
| Colombia | 1 | 1:47,774,072 | 44,230 |
| Congo | 1 | 1:4,989,096 | 34,171 |
| Belarus | 1 | 1:9,501,059 | 159,228 |
| Sweden | 1 | 1:9,846,757 | 347,448 |
| Thailand | 1 | 1:70,638,345 | 1,175,915 |
| Finland | 1 | 1:5,496,702 | 84,025 |
| England | 1 | 1:55,718,059 | 489,080 |
Dounia (73,534) may also be a first name.
Dounia Last Name Facts
Where Does The Last Name Dounia Come From? nationality or country of origin
Dounia (Hassaniya-Arabic: ﺩﻭﻧﻴﺎ) is borne by more people in Chad than any other country or territory. It can be rendered in the variant forms:. Click here to see other possible spellings of this name.
How Common Is The Last Name Dounia? popularity and diffusion
This surname is the 52,806th most commonly used last name on a global scale It is held by approximately 1 in 752,690 people. This surname is primarily found in Africa, where 98 percent of Dounia are found; 54 percent are found in West Africa and 52 percent are found in Chadic Africa. It is also the 13,316th most frequent first name world-wide, borne by 73,534 people.
This surname is most prevalent in Chad, where it is borne by 4,718 people, or 1 in 2,881. Barring Chad this last name occurs in 36 countries. It is also common in Morocco, where 41 percent reside and Cameroon, where 5 percent reside.
Phonetically Similar Names
Dounia Name Transliterations
| Transliteration | ICU Latin | Percentage of Incidence |
|---|---|---|
| Dounia in the Hassaniya-Arabic language | ||
| ﺩﻭﻧﻴﺎ | dwnya | 40 |
| ﺩﻧﻴﻪ | dnyh | 20 |
| ﺩﻧﻴﺎ | dnya | 20 |
| ﺍﻟﺪﻧﻴﺎ | aldnya | 20 |
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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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- 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 Dounia
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