Dowale Surname
Approximately 21 people bear this surname
Dowale Surname Distribution Map
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| Benin | 16 | 1:645,975 | 38,126 |
| England | 2 | 1:27,859,030 | 389,889 |
| India | 2 | 1:383,532,691 | 1,645,216 |
| DR Congo | 1 | 1:73,879,570 | 260,543 |
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| England | 10 | 1:2,437,537 | 68,340 |
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| United States | 4 | 1:12,554,671 | 503,821 |
Dowale Last Name Facts
Where Does The Last Name Dowale Come From? nationality or country of origin
Dowale is carried by more people in Benin than any other country or territory. It may also occur as a variant:. Click here for other potential spellings of this last name.
How Common Is The Last Name Dowale? popularity and diffusion
This surname is the 4,307,654th most commonly occurring family name in the world. It is borne by approximately 1 in 347,025,996 people. Dowale is primarily found in Africa, where 81 percent of Dowale are found; 76 percent are found in West Africa and 76 percent are found in Atlantic-Niger Africa.
The last name Dowale is most commonly held in Benin, where it is borne by 16 people, or 1 in 645,975. In Benin Dowale is primarily concentrated in: Kouffo Department, where 75 percent live and Zou Department, where 25 percent live. Besides Benin Dowale is found in 3 countries. It is also found in England, where 10 percent live and India, where 10 percent live.
Dowale Family Population Trend historical fluctuation
The prevalency of Dowale has changed through the years. In England the share of the population with the surname contracted 80 percent between 1881 and 2014.
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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
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