Douva Surname
Approximately 469 people bear this surname
Douva Surname Distribution Map
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| Cameroon | 442 | 1:46,989 | 6,160 |
| Greece | 23 | 1:481,730 | 61,288 |
| India | 3 | 1:255,688,461 | 1,306,352 |
| Brazil | 1 | 1:214,074,332 | 1,693,628 |
Douva (1,560) may also be a first name.
Douva Last Name Facts
Where Does The Last Name Douva Come From? nationality or country of origin
The last name Douva (Marathi: डौवा) has its highest incidence in Cameroon. It can appear in the variant forms:. For other possible spellings of this name click here.
How Common Is The Last Name Douva? popularity and diffusion
Douva is the 645,988th most numerous family name on a worldwide basis, held by approximately 1 in 15,538,477 people. The surname Douva is primarily found in Africa, where 94 percent of Douva live; 94 percent live in West Africa and 90 percent live in Chadic Africa. It is also the 196,138th most widely held first name internationally, borne by 1,560 people.
This surname is most frequently used in Cameroon, where it is borne by 442 people, or 1 in 46,989. In Cameroon Douva is primarily concentrated in: North Region, where 72 percent are found and Far North Region, where 28 percent are found. Beside Cameroon this last name exists in 3 countries. It is also found in Greece, where 5 percent are found and India, where 1 percent are found.
Phonetically Similar Names
Douva Name Transliterations
| Transliteration | ICU Latin | Percentage of Incidence |
|---|---|---|
| Douva in the Marathi language | ||
| डौवा | dauva | - |
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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 Douva
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