Dowai Surname
Approximately 83 people bear this surname
Dowai Surname Distribution Map
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| Northern Mariana Islands | 39 | 1:1,399 | 186 |
| Papua New Guinea | 17 | 1:479,630 | 60,627 |
| Indonesia | 16 | 1:8,265,575 | 327,276 |
| Liberia | 5 | 1:881,707 | 33,815 |
| Austria | 1 | 1:8,515,435 | 118,036 |
| Cameroon | 1 | 1:20,769,068 | 227,406 |
| Guam | 1 | 1:160,121 | 4,893 |
| Nigeria | 1 | 1:177,142,758 | 748,972 |
| United States | 1 | 1:362,458,933 | 1,988,048 |
| Zimbabwe | 1 | 1:15,438,240 | 133,260 |
Dowai (86) may also be a first name.
Dowai Last Name Facts
Where Does The Last Name Dowai Come From? nationality or country of origin
Dowai (Tibetan: སྒྲོ་བའི་) occurs in Northern Mariana Islands more than any other country/territory. It can be rendered in the variant forms:. For other potential spellings of this last name click here.
How Common Is The Last Name Dowai? popularity and diffusion
The last name Dowai is the 2,061,309th most numerous surname at a global level It is held by approximately 1 in 87,801,758 people. The last name is mostly found in Oceania, where 88 percent of Dowai are found; 88 percent are found in Oceania Islands and 48 percent are found in Chamorro Oceania. Dowai is also the 1,032,266th most frequently used first name globally It is held by 86 people.
The last name Dowai is most prevalent in Northern Mariana Islands, where it is carried by 39 people, or 1 in 1,399. Besides Northern Mariana Islands this last name occurs in 9 countries. It also occurs in Papua New Guinea, where 20 percent live and Indonesia, where 19 percent live.
Phonetically Similar Names
Dowai Name Transliterations
| Transliteration | ICU Latin | Percentage of Incidence |
|---|---|---|
| Dowai in the Tibetan language | ||
| སྒྲོ་བའི་ | drowé | - |
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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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- 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 Dowai
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