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
Dowala (Marathi: डोवला, Oriya: େଦାୱଲା, Tibetan: རྡོ་བ་ལ།) is found in India more than any other country/territory. It may also be found in the variant forms:. Click here for further potential spellings of this surname.
How Common Is The Last Name Dowala? popularity and diffusion
Dowala is the 4,649,889th most commonly occurring last name in the world, borne by approximately 1 in 404,863,662 people. Dowala occurs predominantly 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 common first name throughout the world It is held by 122 people.
The surname is most frequent in India, where it is carried by 14 people, or 1 in 54,790,384. In India it is primarily found in: Maharashtra, where 43 percent reside, Andhra Pradesh, where 36 percent reside and Telangana, where 21 percent reside. Not including India this last name occurs in 4 countries. It is also found in Cameroon, where 6 percent reside and The DR Congo, where 6 percent reside.
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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