Douwal Surname
Approximately 6 people bear this surname
Douwal Surname Distribution Map
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| Niger | 4 | 1:4,798,004 | 75,547 |
| India | 1 | 1:767,065,382 | 1,851,717 |
| Mauritania | 1 | 1:4,094,863 | 38,869 |
Douwal Last Name Facts
Where Does The Last Name Douwal Come From? nationality or country of origin
Douwal (Hassaniya-Arabic: ﺩﻭﺍﻝ) is found most frequently in Niger. It can also be found in the variant forms:. For other potential spellings of this name click here.
How Common Is The Last Name Douwal? popularity and diffusion
The surname is the 7,593,402nd most numerous last name internationally, held by around 1 in 1,214,590,986 people. This surname is predominantly found in Africa, where 83 percent of Douwal live; 83 percent live in West Africa and 67 percent live in Chadic Africa.
Douwal is most frequently held in Niger, where it is borne by 4 people, or 1 in 4,798,004. In Niger Douwal is most frequent in: Tillabéri Region, where 50 percent reside, Agadez Region, where 25 percent reside and Dosso Region, where 25 percent reside. Besides Niger it is found in 2 countries. It is also found in India, where 17 percent reside and Mauritania, where 17 percent reside.
Phonetically Similar Names
Douwal Name Transliterations
| Transliteration | ICU Latin | Percentage of Incidence |
|---|---|---|
| Douwal in the Hassaniya-Arabic language | ||
| ﺩﻭﺍﻝ | dwal | - |
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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 Douwal
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