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
Dowah (Hassaniya-Arabic: ﺍﻟﺪﻭﺍﻩ) is found most in Liberia. It may also occur as a variant:. For other potential spellings of Dowah click here.
How Common Is The Last Name Dowah? popularity and diffusion
The last name is the 499,041st most numerous last name worldwide, held by approximately 1 in 11,041,736 people. The surname is mostly found in Africa, where 78 percent of Dowah live; 78 percent live in West Africa and 78 percent live in Anglo-West Africa. Dowah is also the 2,136,160th most commonly held first name world-wide, borne by 25 people.
It is most widespread in Liberia, where it is borne by 513 people, or 1 in 8,594. In Liberia Dowah is primarily concentrated in: Nimba County, where 33 percent are found, Montserrado County, where 28 percent are found and Grand Gedeh County, where 10 percent are found. Outside of Liberia this last name 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 holding the Dowah surname are 46.77% more likely to be registered with the Democratic Party than The US average, with 100% being registered to vote for the 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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