Douwaye Surname
Approximately 89 people bear this surname
Douwaye Surname Distribution Map
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| Burkina Faso | 84 | 1:218,477 | 4,567 |
| Cameroon | 2 | 1:10,384,534 | 165,830 |
| Niger | 2 | 1:9,596,008 | 86,358 |
| Liberia | 1 | 1:4,408,535 | 47,110 |
Douwaye Last Name Facts
Where Does The Last Name Douwaye Come From? nationality or country of origin
The last name Douwaye is borne by more people in Burkina Faso than any other country/territory. It can also appear as:. Click here for further potential spellings of this name.
How Common Is The Last Name Douwaye? popularity and diffusion
It is the 1,980,395th most commonly held surname globally It is held by approximately 1 in 81,882,538 people. The surname Douwaye occurs predominantly in Africa, where 100 percent of Douwaye reside; 100 percent reside in West Africa and 94 percent reside in Atlantic-Niger Africa.
It is most frequently used in Burkina Faso, where it is borne by 84 people, or 1 in 218,477. In Burkina Faso Douwaye is mostly concentrated in: Sahel Region, where 100 percent are found. Outside of Burkina Faso Douwaye occurs in 3 countries. It is also found in Cameroon, where 2 percent are found and Niger, where 2 percent are found.
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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 Douwaye
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