Dowala Surname
Approximately 18 people bear this surname
Dowala Surname Distribution Map
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| India | 14 | 1:54,790,384 | 527,769 |
| Cameroon | 1 | 1:20,769,068 | 227,406 |
| DR Congo | 1 | 1:73,879,570 | 260,543 |
| Liberia | 1 | 1:4,408,535 | 47,110 |
| Malawi | 1 | 1:17,119,109 | 34,144 |
Dowala (122) may also be a first name.
Dowala Last Name Facts
Where Does The Last Name Dowala Come From? nationality or country of origin
The last name Dowala (Marathi: डोवला, Oriya: େଦାୱଲା, Tibetan: རྡོ་བ་ལ།) is carried by more people in India than any other country or territory. It can also be rendered as a variant:. For other potential spellings of this name click here.
How Common Is The Last Name Dowala? popularity and diffusion
The last name is the 4,649,889th most commonly held surname in the world It is held by approximately 1 in 404,863,662 people. The last name is predominantly found in Asia, where 78 percent of Dowala reside; 78 percent reside in South Asia and 78 percent reside in Indo-South Asia. It is also the 844,248th most frequently held forename on earth, held by 122 people.
This surname is most frequently held in India, where it is carried by 14 people, or 1 in 54,790,384. In India it is most common in: Maharashtra, where 43 percent are found, Andhra Pradesh, where 36 percent are found and Telangana, where 21 percent are found. Beside India this surname is found in 4 countries. It also occurs in Cameroon, where 6 percent are found and The DR Congo, where 6 percent are found.
Phonetically Similar Names
Dowala Name Transliterations
| Transliteration | ICU Latin | Percentage of Incidence |
|---|---|---|
| Dowala in the Oriya language | ||
| େଦାୱଲା | edawala | - |
| Dowala in the Marathi language | ||
| डोवला | dovala | - |
| Dowala in the Tibetan language | ||
| རྡོ་བ་ལ། | dowala | 75 |
| འགྲོ་བ་ལ། | drowala | 25 |
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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 Dowala
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