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
The last name Dowai (Tibetan: སྒྲོ་བའི་) is more frequently found in Northern Mariana Islands than any other country or territory. It may be rendered in the variant forms:. For other potential spellings of Dowai click here.
How Common Is The Last Name Dowai? popularity and diffusion
This last name is the 2,061,309th most frequently used family name globally, borne by approximately 1 in 87,801,758 people. Dowai occurs predominantly in Oceania, where 88 percent of Dowai reside; 88 percent reside in Oceania Islands and 48 percent reside in Chamorro Oceania. It is also the 1,032,266th most frequently held first name in the world. It is borne by 86 people.
The surname Dowai is most widely held in Northern Mariana Islands, where it is carried by 39 people, or 1 in 1,399. Other than Northern Mariana Islands it is found in 9 countries. It also occurs in Papua New Guinea, where 20 percent reside and Indonesia, where 19 percent reside.
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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