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) is more commonly found in Brazil than any other country/territory. It can be found as a variant: Douvé. For other potential spellings of this name click here.
How Common Is The Last Name Douve? popularity and diffusion
Douve is the 1,649,806th most frequent family name on a global scale, borne by around 1 in 60,227,652 people. The last name is mostly found in The Americas, where 74 percent of Douve live; 73 percent live in South America and 68 percent live in Luso-South America. Douve is also the 1,775,424th most common first name world-wide, held by 34 people.
This last name is most commonly occurring in Brazil, where it is held by 82 people, or 1 in 2,610,663. In Brazil it 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 Douve exists in 12 countries. It is also common 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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