Douwah Surname
Approximately 46 people bear this surname
Douwah Surname Distribution Map
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| Mauritania | 43 | 1:95,229 | 5,961 |
| Liberia | 2 | 1:2,204,268 | 40,131 |
| Morocco | 1 | 1:34,476,099 | 111,471 |
Douwah Last Name Facts
Where Does The Last Name Douwah Come From? nationality or country of origin
The last name Douwah (Hassaniya-Arabic: ﺍﻟﺪﻭﺍﻩ) occurs more in Mauritania more than any other country/territory. It may be rendered as a variant:. Click here for further possible spellings of Douwah.
How Common Is The Last Name Douwah? popularity and diffusion
The surname Douwah is the 2,876,555th most widely held last name on a worldwide basis It is held by approximately 1 in 158,424,911 people. The surname is predominantly found in Africa, where 100 percent of Douwah reside; 98 percent reside in West Africa and 93 percent reside in Senegambia Africa.
The surname is most frequently held in Mauritania, where it is borne by 43 people, or 1 in 95,229. In Mauritania it is primarily concentrated in: Gorgol Region, where 84 percent live, Dakhlet Nouadhibou Region, where 12 percent live and Trarza Region, where 5 percent live. Besides Mauritania it exists in 2 countries. It is also common in Liberia, where 4 percent live and Morocco, where 2 percent live.
Phonetically Similar Names
Douwah Name Transliterations
| Transliteration | ICU Latin | Percentage of Incidence |
|---|---|---|
| Douwah in the Hassaniya-Arabic language | ||
| ﺍﻟﺪﻭﺍﻩ | aldwah | 78.57 |
| ﺩﻭﺍﻩ | dwah | 21.43 |
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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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- 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 Douwah
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