Dowah Surname
Approximately 660 people bear this surname
Dowah Surname Distribution Map
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| Liberia | 513 | 1:8,594 | 984 |
| Indonesia | 98 | 1:1,349,482 | 93,150 |
| Ivory Coast | 18 | 1:1,281,735 | 28,562 |
| Sweden | 18 | 1:547,042 | 39,827 |
| United States | 7 | 1:51,779,848 | 968,877 |
| Mauritania | 2 | 1:2,047,432 | 30,537 |
| India | 1 | 1:767,065,382 | 1,851,717 |
| Nigeria | 1 | 1:177,142,758 | 748,972 |
| Philippines | 1 | 1:101,238,223 | 404,861 |
| Syria | 1 | 1:19,301,022 | 22,457 |
Dowah (25) may also be a first name.
Dowah Demographics
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Dowah Last Name Facts
Where Does The Last Name Dowah Come From? nationality or country of origin
The surname Dowah (Hassaniya-Arabic: ﺍﻟﺪﻭﺍﻩ) occurs most in Liberia. It may occur in the variant forms:. For other possible spellings of this last name click here.
How Common Is The Last Name Dowah? popularity and diffusion
The surname is the 499,041st most widely held surname in the world It is held by around 1 in 11,041,736 people. The last name Dowah is primarily found in Africa, where 78 percent of Dowah reside; 78 percent reside in West Africa and 78 percent reside in Anglo-West Africa. It is also the 2,136,160th most prevalent first name world-wide It is held by 25 people.
The last name is most frequently held in Liberia, where it is held by 513 people, or 1 in 8,594. In Liberia it is most prevalent in: Nimba County, where 33 percent are found, Montserrado County, where 28 percent are found and Grand Gedeh County, where 10 percent are found. Other than Liberia this surname is found in 9 countries. It also occurs in Indonesia, where 15 percent are found and The Ivory Coast, where 3 percent are found.
Dowah Last Name Statistics demography
In The United States those bearing the Dowah last name are 46.77% more likely to be registered with the Democratic Party than The US average, with 100% registered with the political party.
Dowah earn somewhat more than the average income. In United States they earn 11.53% more than the national average, earning $48,125 USD per year.
Phonetically Similar Names
Dowah Name Transliterations
| Transliteration | ICU Latin | Percentage of Incidence |
|---|---|---|
| Dowah in the Hassaniya-Arabic language | ||
| ﺍﻟﺪﻭﺍﻩ | aldwah | - |
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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 Dowah
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