Douws Surname

1,177,228th
Most Common
surname in the World

Approximately 202 people bear this surname

Most prevalent in:
South Africa
Highest density in:
Belgium

Douws Surname

The meaning of this surname is not listed.

Douws Surname Distribution Map

PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
South Africa1051:515,97841,519
Belgium881:130,64418,923
France81:8,302,840321,660
Netherlands11:16,887,176156,465

Douws Last Name Facts

Where Does The Last Name Douws Come From? nationality or country of origin

The last name Douws occurs in South Africa more than any other country or territory. It may also be found as:. For other potential spellings of this name click here.

How Common Is The Last Name Douws? popularity and diffusion

The surname Douws is the 1,177,228th most widespread surname on a global scale, held by around 1 in 36,076,960 people. This last name is predominantly found in Africa, where 52 percent of Douws reside; 52 percent reside in Southern Africa and 52 percent reside in South Bantu Africa.

This last name is most frequently used in South Africa, where it is borne by 105 people, or 1 in 515,978. In South Africa it is most frequent in: Eastern Cape, where 76 percent reside, Western Cape, where 23 percent reside and Gauteng, where 1 percent reside. Outside of South Africa this last name occurs in 3 countries. It is also found in Belgium, where 44 percent reside and France, where 4 percent reside.

Douws Last Name Statistics demography

Douws earn a lot less than the average income. In South Africa they earn 38.9% less than the national average, earning R 145,200 per year.

Phonetically Similar Names

SurnameSimilarityWorldwide IncidencePrevalency
Douwse914/
Douw898,112/
Dows89500/
Duws891/
Dowse803,948/
Doubs8038/
Ddouw806/
Dauws801/
Dowsh801/
Duews801/
Dhouw801/
Dow7539,079/
Duw7517/
Dowstt733/
Duiwes732/
Dhowsh731/
Daws674,785/
Dubs673,516/
Dowa672,563/
Doub671,605/
Dauw67615/
Dobs67297/
Dhow67162/
Dofs6787/
Douf6780/
Dowz6741/
Deuw6725/
Doow6718/
Dowë676/
D'Houwt674/
Dhuw674/
Dovs674/
Doew673/
Hdow673/
Dufs673/
Dowh673/
Dusf673/
Dduw673/
Dojw672/
Douv672/
Dovw672/
Dosf671/
Duvw671/
Duwt671/
Duwh671/
Dusv671/
Dowf671/
Douvowa671/
Dosv671/
Doiw671/
Duow670/

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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 Douws
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