Douniya Surname
Approximately 72 people bear this surname
Douniya Surname Distribution Map
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| Cameroon | 61 | 1:340,477 | 30,746 |
| Morocco | 9 | 1:3,830,678 | 54,497 |
| Algeria | 1 | 1:38,631,551 | 130,422 |
| Mauritania | 1 | 1:4,094,863 | 38,869 |
Douniya (301) may also be a first name.
Douniya Last Name Facts
Where Does The Last Name Douniya Come From? nationality or country of origin
Douniya (Hassaniya-Arabic: ﺩﻧﻴﻪ) occurs in Cameroon more than any other country/territory. It can also be rendered as:. For other potential spellings of this last name click here.
How Common Is The Last Name Douniya? popularity and diffusion
The surname is the 2,237,939th most commonly occurring last name globally, held by approximately 1 in 101,215,916 people. The surname Douniya is predominantly found in Africa, where 100 percent of Douniya reside; 85 percent reside in West Africa and 43 percent reside in Senegambia Africa. Douniya is also the 507,810th most commonly used given name at a global level, borne by 301 people.
Douniya is most frequently used in Cameroon, where it is carried by 61 people, or 1 in 340,477. In Cameroon Douniya is most frequent in: Far North Region, where 52 percent reside, North Region, where 46 percent reside and Centre Region, where 2 percent reside. Barring Cameroon this last name occurs in 3 countries. It is also common in Morocco, where 13 percent reside and Algeria, where 1 percent reside.
Phonetically Similar Names
Douniya Name Transliterations
| Transliteration | ICU Latin | Percentage of Incidence |
|---|---|---|
| Douniya in the Hassaniya-Arabic language | ||
| ﺩﻧﻴﻪ | dnyh | 50 |
| ﺩﻧﻴﺎ | dnya | 50 |
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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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- Similar: Names listed in the "Similar" section are phonetically similar and may not have any relation to Douniya
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