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
Douwa (Hassaniya-Arabic: ﺍﻟﺪﻭﻩ) is found most in Niger. It may also be rendered in the variant forms:. Click here to see other potential spellings of this name.
How Common Is The Last Name Douwa? popularity and diffusion
The last name Douwa is the 403,243rd most numerous last name globally It is held by around 1 in 8,376,490 people. Douwa occurs mostly in Africa, where 89 percent of Douwa reside; 89 percent reside in West Africa and 69 percent reside in Chadic Africa. It is also the 372,418th most numerous first name on earth, held by 515 people.
The surname is most frequently held in Niger, where it is borne by 603 people, or 1 in 31,828. In Niger it is primarily concentrated in: Zinder Region, where 52 percent reside, Tahoua Region, where 17 percent reside and Agadez Region, where 8 percent reside. Outside of Niger Douwa is found in 16 countries. It is also common in Mauritania, where 16 percent reside and Papua New Guinea, where 5 percent reside.
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
- 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 Douwa
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