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
Douva (Marathi: डौवा) is found most in Cameroon. It can be found as:. For other potential spellings of this last name click here.
How Common Is The Last Name Douva? popularity and diffusion
This surname is the 645,988th most commonly occurring surname at a global level It is held by approximately 1 in 15,538,477 people. This surname occurs mostly in Africa, where 94 percent of Douva are found; 94 percent are found in West Africa and 90 percent are found in Chadic Africa. It is also the 196,138th most prevalent first name world-wide It is held by 1,560 people.
This surname is most commonly occurring in Cameroon, where it is carried by 442 people, or 1 in 46,989. In Cameroon Douva is primarily found in: North Region, where 72 percent reside and Far North Region, where 28 percent reside. Other than Cameroon Douva is found in 3 countries. It also occurs in Greece, where 5 percent reside and India, where 1 percent reside.
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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