Douve Surname
Approximately 121 people bear this surname
Douve Surname Distribution Map
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| Brazil | 82 | 1:2,610,663 | 78,641 |
| France | 15 | 1:4,428,181 | 244,602 |
| Argentina | 6 | 1:7,123,902 | 190,047 |
| Netherlands | 6 | 1:2,814,529 | 101,176 |
| India | 2 | 1:383,532,691 | 1,645,216 |
| Mauritania | 2 | 1:2,047,432 | 30,537 |
| Switzerland | 2 | 1:4,106,458 | 122,336 |
| Bulgaria | 1 | 1:6,978,905 | 86,260 |
| Burkina Faso | 1 | 1:18,352,100 | 30,051 |
| DR Congo | 1 | 1:73,879,570 | 260,543 |
| Germany | 1 | 1:80,505,459 | 560,955 |
| Papua New Guinea | 1 | 1:8,153,717 | 181,784 |
| United States | 1 | 1:362,458,933 | 1,988,048 |
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| England | 5 | 1:4,875,074 | 116,529 |
The alternate forms: Douvé (21) are calculated separately.
Douve (34) may also be a first name.
Douve Last Name Facts
Where Does The Last Name Douve Come From? nationality or country of origin
Douve (Hassaniya-Arabic: ﺟﻮﻑ) occurs in Brazil more than any other country/territory. It may also appear in the variant forms: Douvé. Click here for other potential spellings of this surname.
How Common Is The Last Name Douve? popularity and diffusion
The surname Douve is the 1,649,806th most widespread last name worldwide It is held by around 1 in 60,227,652 people. This surname occurs predominantly in The Americas, where 74 percent of Douve reside; 73 percent reside in South America and 68 percent reside in Luso-South America. It is also the 1,775,424th most common first name on earth It is held by 34 people.
The surname is most frequently held in Brazil, where it is held by 82 people, or 1 in 2,610,663. In Brazil Douve is primarily concentrated in: Paraná, where 87 percent reside, São Paulo, where 6 percent reside and Rio de Janeiro, where 2 percent reside. Excluding Brazil this last name occurs in 12 countries. It also occurs in France, where 12 percent reside and Argentina, where 5 percent reside.
Phonetically Similar Names
Douve Name Transliterations
| Transliteration | ICU Latin | Percentage of Incidence |
|---|---|---|
| Douve in the Hassaniya-Arabic language | ||
| ﺟﻮﻑ | jwf | 33.33 |
| ﺍﻟﻀﻮﻑ | aldwf | 33.33 |
| ﺍﻟﺪﻭﻑ | aldwf | 33.33 |
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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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- 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 Douve
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