Douwa Surname
Approximately 870 people bear this surname
Douwa Surname Distribution Map
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| Niger | 603 | 1:31,828 | 1,771 |
| Mauritania | 141 | 1:29,042 | 2,428 |
| Papua New Guinea | 46 | 1:177,255 | 24,620 |
| Syria | 36 | 1:536,140 | 5,381 |
| Benin | 24 | 1:430,650 | 30,545 |
| Morocco | 4 | 1:8,619,025 | 73,251 |
| Cameroon | 3 | 1:6,923,023 | 143,724 |
| United States | 3 | 1:120,819,644 | 1,331,040 |
| United Arab Emirates | 2 | 1:4,581,136 | 93,443 |
| Lebanon | 1 | 1:5,637,083 | 32,436 |
| Kuwait | 1 | 1:3,800,694 | 27,187 |
| Ivory Coast | 1 | 1:23,071,232 | 76,679 |
| Palestine | 1 | 1:4,548,849 | 18,388 |
| Iraq | 1 | 1:35,021,654 | 31,813 |
| India | 1 | 1:767,065,382 | 1,851,717 |
| DR Congo | 1 | 1:73,879,570 | 260,543 |
| Yemen | 1 | 1:26,425,294 | 55,147 |
Douwa (515) may also be a first name.
Douwa Last Name Facts
Where Does The Last Name Douwa Come From? nationality or country of origin
The surname Douwa (Hassaniya-Arabic: ﺍﻟﺪﻭﻩ) occurs in Niger more than any other country or territory. It may also be rendered in the variant forms:. Click here to see other potential spellings of this last name.
How Common Is The Last Name Douwa? popularity and diffusion
The last name is the 403,243rd most frequently held surname throughout the world, held by around 1 in 8,376,490 people. The surname occurs predominantly in Africa, where 89 percent of Douwa are found; 89 percent are found in West Africa and 69 percent are found in Chadic Africa. Douwa is also the 372,418th most prevalent given name worldwide, held by 515 people.
It is most frequently used in Niger, where it is borne by 603 people, or 1 in 31,828. In Niger it is mostly found in: Zinder Region, where 52 percent live, Tahoua Region, where 17 percent live and Agadez Region, where 8 percent live. Apart from Niger it is found in 16 countries. It is also found in Mauritania, where 16 percent live and Papua New Guinea, where 5 percent live.
Phonetically Similar Names
Douwa Name Transliterations
| Transliteration | ICU Latin | Percentage of Incidence |
|---|---|---|
| Douwa in the Hassaniya-Arabic language | ||
| ﺍﻟﺪﻭﻩ | aldwh | 28.36 |
| ﺍﻟﺪﻭ | aldw | 25.37 |
| ﺍﻟﺪﻭﺍ | aldwa | 13.43 |
| ﺍﺩﻭﻩ | adwh | 8.96 |
| ﺩﻭﻭﺍ | dwwa | 5.97 |
| ﺩﻭﺍ | dwa | 4.48 |
| ﺩﻭﻩ | dwh | 2.99 |
| ﺍﺩﻭﺍ | adwa | 1.49 |
| ﺃﺩﻭﺍ | adwa | 1.49 |
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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 Douwa
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